I have news for Mr Obama: blacks are not the only ones who are "angry." He makes resentment sound petty and anger sound righteous. I realize that's where his head is, but that won't fly, and he'll learn that in November, if he gets that far.
The issue isn't whether there's racism. There definitely is. But to say that isn't to say much. Where exactly is the racism and what exactly is its impact. Too many blacks (apparently) want to blame their situation, or their feelings, on some amorphous plague of Racism. What we saw in Rev. Wright's church was mass psychopathy, not legitimate anger at injustice. As for the racism, that works two ways. How much black-on-white crime in America is hate-based--in other words, racist? And how much of the problem with black people in America is rooted in cultural issues they don't want to confront? If Obama really wants to open up this matter for serious public discussion, he's going to have to get his hands dirty--and, frankly, he doesn't look like the type.