The Race for 2008: Walking Out of Church
Writing in the Houston Chronicle, Froma Harrop examines a speech that was both admirable and unsatisfying: “But for Obama, the most lasting damage of this affair may not be tied to race or religion but to class. Working stiffs will struggle to square Obama’s close bond to a purveyor of racial grievance with his own golden existence. With four Ivy League degrees between them, half a million in income and children in private schools, the Obamas seem to be doing more than OK.
The clashing images of resentment and privilege are a divide that is hard to bridge.”
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March 20th, 2008 @ 8:35 am
It is always hard to hear what you don’t want to hear, but…the race question among working “stiffs” would have been there anyway, and the race issue in general is there always. Facing it squrely was the best way…..and fit his character. However, it may be ultimalely and saddly the down turn of this campaign. I hope not.