Thar's Money in Them Thar Racists

I've said it here before: If you're down to your last dime and need to strike it rich, then mine for -isms - sexism, racism, etc etc, pick one, and claim to be repressed by the "power class" that held you down. It doesn't matter what you claim, just claim something. But given the history of the US (and distant history at that), racism is the easiest on which to build a career.

A case in point: Jeremiah Wright, pastor of the church attended by Barack Obama for 20-some years. When Wright saw a church in ruin, he saw an opportunity. Not for the souls he could assist, or to ease their spiritual suffering, but for the wallets he could loosen. And his stock-in-trade? Racism. Demonize whites and put a religious spin on it. It's easy - whites never object. Just like Hitler built his power on hatred of the Jews, so do self-proclaimed "pastors" such as Wright (and many others) inflame the fires of racism to ensure their own wealth and survival.

I don't know if Wright actually believes the filth that he proposes, but one thing's for certain: that the political success of the man at the center of this - Barack Obama - pretty much negates any charges of racism. After all, how can the country be racist when Obama - a black in the same church as Wright - is poised to become President of the United States, the most powerful man in the world?

Can't have it both ways. Unless the congregation is really, really stupid. Or hopelessly racist themselves.

Congregation Defends Obama's Ex-Pastor - washingtonpost.com:
"CHICAGO -- The Rev. Jeremiah Wright spent 36 years teaching this congregation how to recognize injustice, and his parishioners sense it all around them now. On Sunday, more than 3,000 of them filled Trinity United Church of Christ on the city's South Side to pray for their former pastor. They read a handout that described Wright's newfound infamy as a 'modern-day lynching.' They scrawled his name in tribute on the inside of their service programs and applauded as Wright's protege, the Rev. Otis Moss III, stepped to the pulpit."