In 2008, Senator Obama set out to be the first black president. During this period of time Rev. Jeremiah Wright made some controversial statements. Rev. Wright was the Senator’s former pastor. After the statements, Senator Obama gave a speech.In this speech, he uses the voters emotions by showing them that he can relate to them because of his background. He mentions that he has a black dad and a white mom. Also, he mentions his hard working white granddad, who was a farmer. His message is unity. He states that united we can achieve anything we set forth to do. And we can only be successful when we come together as one, regardless of race or creed. He tries to distance himself from the incident by showing that he disagrees with the comments made by the Rev. Wright.
We still haven’t gotten over racism and the separation of black and white. We are still separated as a community and as people. This can not be effective because black and white people are still not getting along. Senator Obama message was that we can come together now and face issues together uplifting/helping each other. Along with using the Brown Vs. Board of Education to segregate schools making them inferior schools because no one cared enough to fix
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The black community may hold anger close to them but that helps the community. It helps shapes the political landscape. When politicians see that the black community is in an uproar, they change laws to appease them. The new generation is helping to change politics slightly different than the people from earlier generations. Earlier generations would march to the capital while the new generation hold standing protest. Politicians are still dismissing discussions of racial injustice and inequality. They try to focus on positive subjects while covering up the important issues. Black anger is detrimental to their cause and white resentment takes from controversial