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July 30, 2009
Obama's "Teachable Moment"
This evening we had our first "beer summit"
Reuters photo
Left to right - VP Biden, Professor Gates, Sgt. Crowley, President Obama
Earlier today, White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said that "...it's our hope that, as the president said, this can be part of a teachable moment..."
There may indeed be something to learn from here, but I hope he didn't mean from our president, because he is just about the last person I'm interested in hearing from about race. Someone who went to a racist church for 20 years, listened to a kook hatemonger preacher, and left only because it was politically expedient to do so, has nothing to tell me.
Yes I know, Obama's attendance at Trinity United is "old news" and we're supposed to just forget about it. Well, I'm going to forget about it. If the left wants to talk about race, fine, let's talk. But let's talk about both sides of the equation, not just one.
Otherwise, I second what Tom Sowell has to say about Obama and this incident.
Posted by Tom at July 30, 2009 10:00 PM
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I thought I was done commenting on this story. I thought there was stupidity on the part of all three of the key players. But one thing I haven't seen brought up is what I would describe as reverse racism. Maybe the black guy sometimes thinks the white guy is out to get him just because he's white.
I'm not defending Sgt. Crowley or attacking Professor Gates and The President with this observation. I do think mutual mistrust is real and needs to be part of the discussion. The cynic in me says it won't matter. Old habits die hard. We may be talking about this for generations.
Posted by: Truth 101 at August 2, 2009 12:14 AM
