I guess he would know

Originally Posted by 7thswan

Reverend Jeremiah Wright, ladies and gentlemen, used to be a Muslim, according to the ... Obama wins the nomination, he needs to understand that this issue [of Rev. Wright] goes well beyond Clinton partisans. Now is the time to address these questions, not later. Clearly Mr. Obama does not share the extremist views of Rev.
From the New Republic 07

Originally Posted by TheMartianChick

I'm at work so please excuse the source... I didn't see anything about Islamic Studies in the education section.

Originally Posted by Rev Wright

Most of our members do not know that my Master’s Degree from the University of Chicago’s Divinity School was in the area of Islam in West Africa during the 19th Century — when the trans-Atlantic Slave Trade was at its zenith. Islam has as many manifestations as Christianity and Judaism, but most Americans are only fed a media diet on Islam as it relates to the “war on terror” and the Palestinian Muslim problem in the “state” of Israel.

Originally Posted by bluesky

Can you provide an actual link or are we just supposed to accept this fragment of something?

Originally Posted by TheMartianChick

There are many people who don't quite understand the roots of the black church... Back in the days, the churches were almost the only mechanism for achieving social justice. That is where Dr. Martin Luther King and the Civil Rights Movement came from and why there were so many ministers as community leaders. If preachers had stayed out of politics, then there likely would have been few advances in Civil Rights.

Across America, whenever there is a terrible crime perpetuated against black people, the police department is the last one to fight for justice. It is usually churches and faith-based groups that apply pressure to the situation to bring attention to the matter and try to gain some measure of justice.

The playing field is not yet level... Until it is, the black churches will continue to mix religion and politics. If they hadn't done so in the past, then I wouldn't have had the opportunities that I was afforded.