Presidential "Race" Mishaps

In keeping with the theme of the presidential race. I've decided to highlight one of the most offensive racial moments. I feel that the media has the ability to fuel public outrage by the amount of coverage they devote to a particular issue. For example one of the first major racial offenses was created by Obama's Pastor, The Rev. Jeremiah Wright, who was accused of not only making racial remarks, but also degrading remarks about the United States. While this is a newsworthy story, many have speculated that it may have been overblown to promote negative stereotypes about the "black church." Below is a clip of the sermon:



While, this story did indeed deserve media coverage, I am not sure it deserved all the coverage it received. Obama did not make the statement, Wright did. Although he was Obama's pastor, Obama did not force Wright to make those statement, nor did he stand by the statements once they were made public. I don't believe he should have been held liable for statement Mr. Wright made, especially after he refused to support those remarks. Yet coverage continually linked Obama to Wright's statements. In his speech, "A More Perfect Union" delivered on March 18, 2008 he made many references defending himself against the statements made by Wright and explaining but not justifying why Wright may have made those statements. Many have assumed that the media's abundance of coverage on Wright statements have negatively impacted people's perspectives of black churches. It's important that we not let one person influence the perception of the majority and that goes for all races...