The key to understanding what President Obama said lies in his words "have the right to.'
Though President Obama has not come out and openly called the United States of America a racist country; I will. As I say in my book, "Born In The Wrong Country," "you stole our history,"... When I wrote this I was speaking of White America, the slavery of this country and the biased political structure that was created. Today that history is still not taught in many of the history books or classrooms in high schools across this country. Taking responsibility is always the first step of acknowledging a problem.
Some people are saying that Muslims murdered my son, daughter, etc. What a broad statement this is, when one looks at this country I am sure there are many people that are saying that Americans murdered their sons and daughters. If people want to talk about what a group of people have done, then I could say that White Americans murdered my ancestors; it could probably be argued that this entire country was built on hallowed ground. I wonder what the American Indians are saying about building on hallowed ground. This kind of racism generates heat to an already hot fire.
How would some people feel about the Roman Catholic Church building a Church in lower Manhattan, especially after some of the recent publicity about some of their priests abusing young boys? How would some New Yorkers, this nation and some of the Republican and Democratic Party respond to that question? One really needs to think before answering that question; remember what racism is and what racism does, and then think about what the real issue or question is before answering. One needs to be very mindful that speaking before thinking isn't the smartest thing that one could or should do.
With the situation of having a Mosque and community center built in downtown Manhattan, some people are saying that it is painful because of the close proximity to ground zero; what isn't painful? How many buildings occupy the hallowed grounds of African slaves?
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