Our Racial Divide Will Widen Dramatically if Obama is Destroyed by the Media

[eeyore]

For the first time in our nation's history there is a realistic chance that a black person could become president. We all know the African American vote has been dramatically up this primary season. Thousands, perhaps millions, of black people have shaken off their fears and cynicism about how the white media and political establishment might react to a potential black president. They feared and probably expected something just like this.

Here we are today. Black churches have always been the safe place, the place where they could find strength in togetherness to overcome the struggle of their historical experience. White run media has decided to try to take down Obama over things said during a passionate sermon he didn't attend. Believe me, if they succeed in taking him down the racial divide will be worse than it has been since the early 90s.

Right or wrong, I believe there will be a lot of black people who just shake their heads and vow to never allow themselves to hope again. They went out on a limb for this one - it seemed possible this time. The Audacity of Hope.

If he is taken out by the media over something said in the heat of passion in a black church it will worsen the divides of the past, because this time they allowed themselves to hope and become involved. Somehow this time was supposed to be different.

Is this time different? Or will we watch a media lynching on a 24 hour news cycle?


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