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It was certainly wrong for Obama to drag his grandmother into his speech. The ending looks a little botched, as though it's equating Wright to the woman who raised Obama and to the whole Black community. Obama probably could have achieved his purpose without going so far.

Ann's wrong about the segregation thing, though. A lot of African-Americans who were around before 1965 still rankle about living in a country where segregation existed. The fact that a person might not personally have gone to segregated schools doesn't affect that.

Segregated schools and washrooms and water-fountains in another part of the country were symbols that people reacted to strongly, even if they didn't experience them personally.

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"A lot of African-Americans who were around before 1965 still rankle about living in a country where segregation existed."

Tell them to get over it.

I was denied a few job opportunities because of the color of my skin back in the 1970s.

That is so despite the fact that I grew up in neighborhoods where I was the minority. I don't care if anyone believes that to be so or not.

I simply think that this business of accusing all white folks of being racist is simply a tactic of left wing radicals who are patently dishonest about the nature of this country as things currently stand.