Good quotes from article:

"...white people know that, if they were in the shoes of African-Americans, they'd find a lot to be angry about - and so they wait for the next eruption of the angry black man or woman."

"And why would so many Americans continue to be so wary of Barack Obama - himself a living testament to the fact that, in this country, opportunity is no longer "systematically constricted" - as if they're waiting for him to morph into Stokely Carmichael or Huey Newton or H. Rap Brown?"

Ruben Navarrette Jr.: Why Obama's worldview varies from his ex-pastor's - San Jose Mercury News

http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_8668584...

SAN DIEGO - Sen. Barack Obama wrote and delivered a brilliant and brave speech that not only addressed the controversy involving his former pastor, Rev. Jeremiah Wright, but also kicked off a national conversation - not just about race (been there, done that), but about how members of different generations view race differently. As Obama reminded us from Philadelphia, how you see the world isn't just influenced by the color of your skin but by the year of your birth.

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