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Originally Posted by The12thMan
I was channel surfing and what caught my eye was a very angry man shouting from the podium. I was curious about what he was so angry about. This was not Wright, but the man who introduced him, Rev. Anthony I believe. As I listened, I felt as if race relations haven't improved in a hundred years. In fact, I felt as if race relations had gone backwards. We no longer accept white leaders giving speeches fostering hate toward blacks. I really thought that over time, and with races mixing at school when people are young, that racism would continue to decline with each generation.
I listened to most of Wright's speech until he started singing. It seemed OK. I thought it was funny when he talked about Kennedy "pocking the ca". From what I've heard on TV, I changed the channel before it got interesting.
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After he said that, I knew that the media would spin it. On the way to work, they mentioned the speech by saying Wright Mocked John F Kennedy Boston accent; without lending the context in which he made those comments. Here we go again!