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Originally Posted by AGDee
I don't think that view is limited to non-whites. The Dixie Chicks got pretty slammed for speaking out against our President. The greatest thing about the U.S. is that we are supposed to be allowed to express when we don't agree with what our government officials are doing.
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They got slammed because of 1) the timing of their comments as 9-11 and the war were relatively fresh and 2) the political alignment of their fan base who felt they were being saturated with liberalism and anti-American sentiments.
Of course this view isn't limited to nonwhites. However, the reason why understanding black patriotism is an issue is because of the belief that whites can express certain viewpoints and, in most but not all contexts, be called critical and reflective whereas blacks are called ungrateful (Pat Buchanan said it best
) and unpatriotic. This is why the Black Church and other pillars of the black community have been a political, economic, and social strong force. This is why Jeremiah Wright, for example, was able to expouse certain viewpoints behind the pulpit, although not every Black pastor chooses to use the pulpit in that manner. But using it as such is common place and Wright's recent and old comments wouldn't have been a topic of much discussion if it had not been for his relationship with Obama.