Barack Obama said...
The profound mistake of Reverend Wright's sermons is not that he spoke about racism in our society. It's that he spoke as if our society was static; as if no progress had been made; as if this country -- a country that has made it possible for one of his own members to run for the highest office in the land and build a coalition of white and black, Latino, Asian, rich, poor, young and old -- is still irrevocably bound to a tragic past.
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Obama addresses the controversy surrounding Reverend Wright's sermons, emphasizing the progress made in society and the importance of recognizing it.
03/17/2008