Letters to the Editor
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@xanthro
I don't agree with Wright on a number of issues but I find your interpretation of his statements incredibly simplistic.
Wright's fight is not with white people as a whole, it's to the power structure in this country. That is crystal clear. He's an activist, a black activist and race is the prism through which he, often legitimately, views events. Katrina is a good example. This is very much a reflection of his own experience as an older black man in America. Obama, IMO, spoke to this experience in his recent speech. Perhaps you just didn't understand this portion of his speech or perhaps you need to do a little reading about racial discrimination over the last 70 years. I have a feeling it would surprise you.
For myself, I think the bigger fight TODAY is to provide equal opportunity for the poor, working and middle class. I think economics restricts opportunity far more than race although there is a nexus between the two.