Links to news that matters to you. (The Rev. Wright is back edition.)
- In his appearances before the NAACP, on PBS and at the National Press Club, Jeremiah Wright has successfully reclaimed the national spotlight. Black liberation theology expert James Cone explains to Forbes magazine how and why he did it.
- Rev. Wright seems to have created “more trouble” for Barack Obama. Although his main speeches were a forcefully-argued and coherent presentation, the Boston Globe says “in a question-and-answer session afterward, Wright generally stood by his remarks”, including those that had caused the most controversy earlier.
- Wright’s remarks that received the most attention were those in which Wright addressed differing educational standards applied to black and white students, especially when it comes to language. While television analysts have attacked them, Diverse magazine examines the academic work that buttresses Wright’s arguments.
- Finally giving up on his longtime friend and pastor, Barack Obama has said he was “outraged” by Wright’s comments during the Q&A, including his refusal to deny the possibility that AIDS was a conspiracy, and praise of Louis Farrakhan. The New York Times interprets this as an attempt to “cut all his ties to — and to discredit — Mr. Wright, the man who presided at Mr. Obama’s wedding and baptized his two daughters.”
- That isn’t enough for some: The Boston Globe asks what took Obama so long to cut ties with Rev. Wright. Continue reading
