Barack Obama's spiritual mentor retires from pastorate.

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Rev. Wright is who he is. The media creates and perpetuates images of people. The "image" that many in America have of Jeremiah Wright was created by the media, not Jeremiah Wright. Having been quoted and interviewed by the media at least twice that I can think of, I know that neither time did what come out of my mouth end up being presented to the public because of editing and ultimately the image the editor was trying to propogate.

As for Tom Joyner, I love him to death, but I think he's wrong on this. I don't view Rev. Wright as acting like a fool. While I support Barack 1000%, what's going on with his reverend is nothing more than the media trying to juxtapose this black man with someone who they have labeled and cast as an extremist, racist, "Anti-American", etc. The psychological objective of this must be to undermine all of these "good" white folk who are beginning to think they can identify with him and that his message resonates with them.

This is all a game. If it weren't Jeremiah, it would be something else - this is the black tax. First they were trying to tie him to Islam in hopes of scaring people into thinking that he might have some tie to "radical Islam". Then they tried to tie him to Farrakhan and when he admitted his longstanding Christian faith, then it became Jeremiah Wright. Barack knows in his heart that what the man is saying is true and needs to be said if this country is going to stand a chance, but if he wants to be president and assuage the "good" white folk, then he'd better create distance and denouce his spiritual mentor/teacher and friend. This is merely another example of the price necessary to be paid for anyone black who truly aspires to greatness outside of the entertainment world in this country - you must be ready, willing and able to sell your soul as Barack is unfortunately doing.

Originally Posted by DSTCHAOS

Black folks who can think beyond their asses weren't really laughing and applauding, though.

Tom Joyner talked about Wright again today and was shaking his head at Wright throwing up the hooks and acting a fool. Wright gets props for being influential in Chicago and other places. That's not forgotten. But his image is overshadowing his hard work and now he's no better than those flashy Cleflo Dollar-type pastors, as far as I'm concerned.