Why Is It ?

Well here I go again. Why is it the media makes such a buzz about Rev. Jeffrey Wright and all of the so called "negative things" he has to say about our country but we have heard nothing of Condoleeza Rice and the truthful things she has to say. I believe her and Rev Wright are saying similar things but phrase it a little differently. For those of you who missed it thanks to the biased media, I will recap:



"Condoleezza Rice today entered the race debate that has been a simmering undercurrent of the presidential campaign when she said it had been "important" for Barack Obama to give his landmark speech on race and defended the patriotism of African Americans.


The US secretary of state also decried the "birth defect" of slavery that she said has left Americans struggling to confront racism.


"Africans and Europeans came here and founded this country together - Europeans by choice and Africans in chains," Rice told the Washington Times. "That's not a very pretty reality of our founding."



Rice, the second African-American and second female in US history to lead the state department, grew up in Alabama at the height of the civil rights movement in America. One of her childhood playmates was killed in an infamous 1963 church bombing committed by white supremacists, whom Rice has called "terrorists".


She declined to comment directly on the presidential campaign in the Times interview, saying only that it was "important" that Obama "gave it for a whole host of reasons", but strongly defended the patriotism of African Americans. Video clips of Barack Obama's former pastor, Jeremiah Wright, shouting, "God damn America," ignited the race row that has been dominating the Democratic presidential race. Conservatives have also accused Obama and his wife, Michelle, of displaying insufficient love for the country.


"What I would like understood as a black American is that black Americans loved and had faith in this country even when this country didn't love and have faith in them - and that's our legacy," Rice said.



Now I know I promised to shorten my blogs going forward but I felt I had to present this to you since our media did not find it newsworthy enough to cover at length and blew past it. Until next time, ask yourself "Why Is It ?