I posted this as a response to a someone dismissing Wright's HIV comment as "crack pot."  But I thought blogging may allow larger readership.

Anyway, I thought I will atleast voice one of his "controversial statement" in a decent context.  Here it is:

Wright's claim the U.S. Government created HIV virus to control the black population is unfound- at least to my knowledge.

But here is the abstract of a study conducted by Behavioral Health Institute in 1999:

Twenty-seven percent of blacks held AIDS-conspiracy views and an additional 23% were undecided. Endorsing AIDS-conspiracy beliefs was not related to blacks' age or income but was related to higher levels of education. Blacks who agreed that AIDS is a conspiracy against them tended to be culturally traditional, college-educated men who had experienced considerable racial discrimination.

Rev.Wright fits the demographic: culturally traditional, college-educated men and more importantly and here is the historical context: who had experienced considerable racial discrimination. Well for a man who fought for his country only to witness his fellow black men, black women and himself as second class citizens for a long time- this certainly qualifies as considerable racial discrimination.

Wright's comments reflect a lot more on how we as a larger society are marginalizing unprivileged communities facing severe economic and health risks.

The more I read about Wright the more I'm convinced:

This whole episode is nothing less than a high-tech lynching.

       - a quote from a blogger on another website about MSM and hatemongerers.