Dr. Wright is Mostly Right: Look at the Research

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Friday May 02, 2008 · 4:49 AM PDT

2008/05/02 · 04:49

Unsubstantiated assertions on racial matters now count as data in the mainstream media and often among many bloggers, especially if they are white. For example, I see little attempt in any of the mainstream media to understand that Dr. Jeremiah Wright’s excerpted sermons and his recent comments on them and other racial issues are, with very few exceptions, grounded in a great deal of dataabout the nearly four centuries of extreme racial oppression in the United States, as well as centuries of U.S. oppression of people of color overseas.

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Sunday March 16, 2008 · 8:09 PM PDT

2008/03/16 · 20:09

As I made clear hereand here, there is now a loosely coordinated attack racializing Senator Obama, as the "dangerous black man," that are coming from Republicans and fellow travelers in the media. Two stages have now taken place. A week or so ago, Representative King began the official attacks with his comments on Obama's Muslim background and "optics," while just a few days ago the Republican surrogates in the mass media moved the Dr. Jeremiah Wright story from the racist fringe to the center.

This attack is on Obama's pastor Dr. Wright. The media have quoted only a few words entirely out of context from a few of Dr. Wright's sermons, and have as yet made no attempt to understand why millions of Americans agree with him or why his points may often be backed by data.

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Thursday February 22, 2007 · 5:14 PM PST

2007/02/22 · 17:14

Many mainstream media analysts and web analysts of various political persuasions have focused on the virtues and liabilities of Senators Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama, the talented and pioneering Democratic Party candidates for president. The election of either would be a major breakthrough in U.S. politics, and I for one would certainly work for and vote for either, especially given the Republicans who are likely to provide the opposing candidate. Among other things, these breakthroughs would be against an array of stereotypes and understandings that make up the major sexist and racist frames still held in the minds of many in this society.

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