Letters to the Editor
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I can't think of a more inspiring speech in my lifetime
I'm sure many here will dismiss me and people like me as cultists or overly-idealistic idiots, but I found this speech to be the most nuanced, inspiring, and frankly right on commentaries on race in my lifetime (I'm 33).
I wasn't as bothered by Obama's "granny comments" because they are very familiar to me. My grandfather, a war hero and one of the most resourceful and intelligent men I've known, hated blacks, and was always embarrassingly dropping N-bombs at family gatherings. The popular media would have completely demonized a man like him, but I knew him to be a great man despite the fact that I found his racism discusting. This was something I really struggled with as a teenager. Obama's bit about his granny rang true to me, and I suspect many other whites of my generation.