When white will embrace what is right...

[Free4Life11]

From the Inauguration benediction:

“We ask you to help us work for that day when black will not be asked to give back, when brown can stick around, when yellow will be mellow, when the red man can get ahead, man, and when white will embrace what is right,” Lowery said

Huh? I hope we can work for a day when we stop interjecting COLOR into everything.

 

[wvjules]

From the Inauguration benediction:



Huh? I hope we can work for a day when we stop interjecting COLOR into everything.

That day will never happen.

 

[EMom]

Was he wearing his puka shell necklace, tie dye t-shirt, huarache sandals and huge bell bottoms while he said this "prayer"? Sounds like he had a flashback. This guy needs to stop living in the 60s, let go of that enormous chip on his shoulder and look to the future instead of the past. It's going to be a bit harder to blame "The Man" for everything that's wrong with your life now that a Black man IS The Man. It's pretty hard to reach a post-racial age if Whites keep being blamed for everything. It is, however, extremely effective at alienating them......

This is NOT the right tactic, by any stretch of the imagination.

 

[JMD]

Check this out. There is already a discussion on this...

http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=2065415

 

[Laugh O. Grams]

See...I always wonder when the red man can get ahead...maybe it's just me?

 

[Magic Mom]

From the Inauguration benediction:



Huh? I hope we can work for a day when we stop interjecting COLOR into everything.

If we are praying for a day when "white embraces right," does that mean whites don't currently embrace right?

 

[Uncle Remus]

when white will embrace what is right

Skeered me, I was thinkin' he wants whites all to become Cons.

 

[Master Mason]

If we are praying for a day when "white embraces right," does that mean whites don't currently embrace right?

See and I thought we were wrong for embracing the right, which is it?

 

[teacups]

I dont see any reason why anyone should appluad this man (which they did). Nothing like stirring the pot.... driving the wedge deeper.... whatever you want to call it.

 

[EMom]

If we are praying for a day when "white embraces right," does that mean whites don't currently embrace right?

What about all those Republicans? They've been embracing the right for AGES. Does that mean they were ahead of their time, according to Lowery? Because that's just confusing......

 

[PrincessKsMom]

I dont see any reason why anyone should appluad this man (which they did). Nothing like stirring the pot.... driving the wedge deeper.... whatever you want to call it.

He must be a member of the DIS

 

[castleview]

Hopefully people won't dwell on that and just remember what a great day it was (yeah, I'll keep dreaming )

As a (white) mom, I was absolutely thrilled that my three year old son watched a black president on TV thinking that was the norm.

 

[Magic Mom]

Hopefully people won't dwell on that and just remember what a great day it was (yeah, I'll keep dreaming )

As a (white) mom, I was absolutely thrilled that my three year old son watched a black president on TV thinking that was the norm.

Can we be thrilled that a black man is president, AND be unhappy with that comment?

 

[castleview]

Can we be thrilled that a black man is president, AND be unhappy with that comment?

Yes, you certainly can. I don't like that he said it either.

 

[Darsa]

One wonders what other word would have been used to rhyme with white, as all of the other little sayings rhymed. Is there one you would have preferred? Let's seeeee... there's

TIGHT
FIGHT
FLIGHT
HEIGHT
MIGHT
LIGHT
PLIGHT
BLIGHT



I can't BELIEVE how people read SOOO DEEPLY into, and surgically analyze, something like this. The way I understood it, the saying is "will embrace right" seems kind of like a subtle nudge to the fact that back when the saying came out (MANY years ago), a lot of white people had little respect for those that might be of another "color" (not meant to offend).

I am contemplating adding a disclaimer to my signature, to make sure I don't inadvertently offend someone who reads too deeply into my posts...

 

[polineedyan]

Im more concerned with yellow being mellow, and black not giving back?..MY president said today that we will ALL work together..that ALL people are equal..guess the rev shoulda referenced Rodney and wanting to get along, rather than divide.
here's one, how about religious leaders stick to scripture..and not politics..

 

[WhereOWhere]

Wow, a conservative Christian minister said this. And somehow we're blaming Obama. Sure didn't take long!

 

[Aisling]

I dont see any reason why anyone should appluad this man (which they did). Nothing like stirring the pot.... driving the wedge deeper.... whatever you want to call it.

I laughed! I think he's a bit senile! Seriously!

 

[DisneyMomOK]

See...I always wonder when the red man can get ahead...maybe it's just me?

OT: Just wanted to say what a beautiful dog you have.

 

[teacups]

Wow, a conservative Christian minister said this. And somehow we're blaming Obama. Sure didn't take long!

Can you please point out where someone here has blamed Obama? I must seriously need glasses 'cause I DONT SEE IT.