Actually from an intellectual (elitist?) perspective, my first thought yesterday was that Wright was going over the top to give Obama room to completely distance himself and take the issue off the table.

The only people who are sensationalizing Reverend Wright is the news media.

These days the news media is tabloid press for politics and the GOP model, which each network is copying now.

It's what 8 years of Bush leads to.

What I find is the race baiting be done here but because the person is black its not as bad. B Clinton was called on the carpet by many Obama supporters for saying things that COULD be considered racist- this stuff gets a pass or many just want it to go away.

In E KY there are many who are not racist but are offended by these comments and they are not satisfied by the "its a black thing: Most people here have nothing against blacks, They are not exposed to thier culture and in reality are struggling to survive themselves. They could care less about the color of someone skins. The only "racism" i see is that the people around here are just average people who get tick off when someone starts lecturing to them about how they are racist. They don't like being told that the AA community deserves this. I used to be big supporter of AA equality but this election season has made me realize that its not about equality. My husband made me see this. You see, for every complaint the black community gives about the circumstances they face, I can give you back with the people here in E Ky and they are mostly white yet we have no affirmative action for poor people. I graduated with several students who had 4.0 GPA's and scored in the top of the nation on the ACT and SAT but yet no ivory league colleges were handing out scholarships to them.

I was always for programs to help AA advance until I realized that is not about race but about poverty. I have been told by many people that racism will remain until people stop trying to lay blame. When everyone stops lecturing to others. My husband would be considered a racist by many of you dispite being friends with a couple of AAs but he is not, Just someone not school in the politics of race who just sees things differently. He, like many like him, can not understand why he is supposed to feel guilty when he did nothing to anyone. Once when he was driving over the road as a trucker he amde a wrong turn in chicago and went down the wrong street. The minute the people in the area seen he was white, they immediately starting yelling and flipping him off. Had he not been in an 80,000 lb rig they would have approach the truck. We were told by his company that a driver had gotten lost in the area and stopped to ask for directions. He was beaten to death. I know the same has happened to blacks but I am smart enough to realize that not everyone should be painted with the same brush. I will never judge someone by thier race but I also refuse be called a racist because I am not black.