Although I don't approve of Jeremiah Wright's statements, as an African American I certainly understand them.

What Walsh doesn't want to get is Wright is very much a product of his time too.  Her reasoning is intellectually dishonest.

And he is no more a public figure than my mother.  The ONLY reason he can be perceived that way is because of the news coverage.

As for Kaus, ignorance is bliss.  What he fails to realize is that Jackson had a reason to make that statement.  Most crimes committed by African-Americans are committed AGAINST African Americans.

Pathetic.