Reply With QuoteI liked the part of his speech about his Grandmother. We all have relatives and friends who we love, who say things that make us cringe.
This is a terrific story. I'm so glad The News did it. It is a well-thought out discussion of the state of race relations today.
FOCUS: RACE IN AMERICA
When Sen. Barack Obama gave his speech on race Tuesday in Philadelphia, he broached a subject few Americans would dare address except, maybe, with close friends.
Obama talked about anger in the black community and its roots, but also how that anger can be dangerously counterproductive.
He spoke of resentment among whites and how it is real and sometimes legitimate.
Whether the Illinois senator succeeds in his quest to lead the nation, he touched a nerve when he called for action to end “a racial stalemate we’ve been stuck in for years.”
His call has touched off a national dialogue on race, and it’s a discussion going on right here in Western New York.
“It was a tough conversation, but it touched all walks of life,” said Minnie Clemmons, an African-American woman who lives in the University District, a mixed neighborhood in the city. “Everyone could relate.”
“It addressed the 800-pound gorilla in the room,” said Patrick Allaire, who is white and is president of the Harlem Kensington Cleveland Community Association.
Henry Taylor, director of the University at Buffalo’s Center for Urban Studies, said after the speech, he ran into a colleague who asked Taylor what he thought of it. Neither had ever talked about race in all the time they had known each other.
“Obama opened up discussion of race in perhaps one of the most honest ways we’ve seen among a major politician in this country, either white or black,” Taylor said.
http://www.buffalonews.com/home/story/305722.html
I liked the part of his speech about his Grandmother. We all have relatives and friends who we love, who say things that make us cringe.
What I would like to see is a roundtable discussion in the city of Buffalo on race.
No hatemongers allowed.
Let the educated white and black sit along side the uneducated whites and blacks in a forum.
That would be good enough for pay perview,
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