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Is it a big deal that Louis Farrakhan, "the leader of the nation of Islam", endorsed Barack Obama? Perhaps not... until we turn around and look at the church that endorsed Farrakhan with a special award, and the pastor of that church, who publicly shares the same anti-white sentiments as Farrakhan - the very same church that Barack Obama has attended for the past 20 years , sitting under the teaching of that very same pastor... and then it becomes a very big deal.
Barack Obama is a member of Chicago's Trinity United Church of Christ . Its minister, and Obama's spiritual adviser, is the Rev. Jeremiah A. Wright Jr . In 1982, the church launched Trumpet News Magazine; Wright's daughters serve as publisher and executive editor. Every year, the magazine makes awards in various categories. Last year, it gave the Dr. Jeremiah A. Wright Jr. Trumpeter Award to a man it said " truly epitomized greatness ." That man is Louis Farrakhan .
... He (Farrakhan) has vilified whites and singled out Jews to blame for crimes large and small, either committed by others as well or not at all. (A dominant role in the slave trade, for instance.) He has talked of Jewish conspiracies to set a media line for the whole nation. He has reviled Jews in a manner that brings Hitler to mind.
And yet Wright heaped praise on Farrakhan. According to Trumpet, he applauded his "depth of analysis when it comes to the racial ills of this nation." He praised "his integrity and honesty." He called him "an unforgettable force, a catalyst for change and a religious leader who is sincere about his faith and his purpose." These are the words of a man who prayed with Obama just before the Illinois senator announced his run for the presidency. Will he pray with him just before his inaugural?
A Candidate, His Minister and the Search for Faith
By JODI KANTOR
Published: April 30, 2007
Mr. Wright preached black liberation theology , which interprets the Bible as the story of the struggles of black people, who by virtue of their oppression are better able to understand Scripture than those who have suffered less . That message can sound different to white audiences , said Dwight Hopkins, a professor at University of Chicago Divinity School and a Trinity member. "Some white people hear it as racism in reverse," Dr. Hopkins said
... It was a 1988 sermon called "The Audacity to Hope" that turned Mr. Obama, in his late 20s, from spiritual outsider to enthusiastic churchgoer. Mr. Wright in the sermon jumped from 19th-century art to his own youthful brushes with crime and Islam to illustrate faith's power to inspire underdogs.
...He (Barack Obama) has said that he relies on Mr. Wright to ensure "that I am speaking as truthfully about what I believe as possible."
Provocative Assertions
On the Sunday after the terrorist attacks of 9/11 , Mr. Wright said the attacks were a consequence of violent American policies. Four years later he wrote that the attacks had proved that "people of color had not gone away, faded into the woodwork or just 'disappeared' as the Great White West went on its merry way of ignoring Black concerns ."
Such statements involve "a certain deeply embedded anti-Americanism ," said Michael Cromartie, vice president of the Ethics and Public Policy Center, a conservative group that studies religious issues and public policy. "A lot of people are going to say to Mr. Obama, are these your views?"
Mr. Obama says they are not.
(But note what his wife says - Michelle Obama: " For the first time in my adult lifetime , I am really proud of my country ") Fern Holm
... Mr. Wright, who has long prided himself on criticizing the establishment , said he knew that he may not play well in Mr. Obama's audition for the ultimate establishment job.
"If Barack gets past the primary, he might have to publicly distance himself from me," Mr. Wright said with a shrug. "I said it to Barack personally, and he said yeah, that might have to happen."
In one of his sermons, Wright said, " Racism is how this country was founded and how this country is still run !WE ( in the U.S.) believe in white supremacy and black inferiority and believe it more than we believe in God."
As for Israel, "The Israelis have illegally occupied Palestinian territories for over 40 years now," Wright has said. "Divestment has now hit the table again as a strategy to wake the business community and wake up Americans concerning the injustice and the racism under which the Palestinians have lived because of Zionism ."
... "We are a congregation which is unashamedly black and unapologetically Christian," says the Trinity United Church of Christ's website http://www.tucc.org/home.htm in Chicago. "We are an African people and remain true to our native land , the mother continent, the cradle of civilization."
From the Feb. 24th Sunday Bulletin of the Trinity United Church of Christ, Chicago
Responsive Reading: (It would seem that Jesus is the only person of a different race who is welcome in this church - and even HE would not be able to participate during the congregation's response.)
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