There is no sense of understanding between me and Wright and invoking the Israel/Arab issue does not build a bridge of understanding. These are totally different issues with totally different histories and totally different politics.
But that's besides the point. The general "Jews should understand" would work if it was for advancement without hate. We don't understand when it's "dem jews fault or Whitie's fault" We don't hate all Germans because of the holocaust. We don't hate all Arabs for the attacks against Jews. We don't hate all whites in America for the oppression we faced in the 1500's-1900's. We hate those who hate us and those who want to kill us NOW. Wright hates whites for what they did. What whites do now pales so much in comparison as to not even be in the same category. Even the argument that I have a connection to Judaism which is the same as Wrights connection to blacks is a false argument. I'm not advocating Jews over anyone. I'm not blaming anyone for my or my peoples position in life. I'm not angry at the world or even a general segment of it as Wright is (whites in his case). So no, I don't understand his anger because he's someone who should be building and helping, not hating and hurting. > Rather I was trying to invoke a sense of understanding. I deplore the > Us vs. Them mentality that permeates the Isreal/Palestine clash. But > it is understandable. The people of Isreal have suffered at the hands > of Palenstinians and their allies. Palestinians have suffered at the > hands of Isreal and their allies. I don't necessarily agree with > either of them because the situation is complicated and frustrated. > None-the-less, I can understand the anger on both sides. > > That is what I was trying to invoke as a path of understanding. I > think that Rev. Wright has righteous anger at the centuries of > oppression that have been visited upon his people. He has current > examples of transgressions being visited upon his people to this day. > I don't agree with all the ways he reacts to those issues but it is > wrong to deny those issues and I think it is unfair to deny his anger > even if you disagree with his expression of it. > > My point is that people who have a keen understanding of oppression > come about it in a variety of ways. Rev. Wright seems to have settled > into a confrontational, us versus them, attitude. Obama, from what I > have seen, has transcended that and developed a more inclusive way of > approaching the subject and it is likely to yield more results. > > But we all have to start our growth and understanding somewhere. I > think that Michael has a visceral connection with the plight of people > he considers brothers worldwide, through his deep feelings for > Judaism. The Rev. Wright has established a similar connection with a > diverse group of people, but with a common bond, hence the notion of > Black Liberation Theology. I think that the Rev. Wright is > short-sighted and that his fear, anger and distrust has kept him from > achieving his goals. So people like Barack Obama have taken their > lessons from the old guard and moved beyond them, becoming more > inclusive and trying to achieve a goal of equality and justice without > the violent rhetoric of old. > > Fundamentally, I'd like to think that jewish folk could understand the > anger that might come about from centuries of oppression and see that > there are elders that you can admire while disagreeing with and move > beyond them into a new way of understanding your relationship with the > world. > > Judah > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:276810 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
