By Heru Ammen
Barack Obama's association with Trinity United Church of Christ is an asset. Although a few white neo-conservatives are trying to make something out of nothing regarding this, most Americans "overstand" that Black love and unity does not equate to white hate. Nor is it the proverbial slippery slope to that end.
It's interesting to note that other cultures that exist in this country (Asians, Latinos, Jews...etc.) teach and preach the same type of cultural unity and love message in their communities, churches, temples and synagogues and their isn't any negative connotation associated with their message and that is as it should be. To this reader, its more of the same "fear of a black planet" syndrome that some whites have when it comes to anything positive coming out of our communities that seeks to empower the people that exist them.
Their has always been and probably will always be whites and like minded Afro-Saxons who will complain about the problems in African American communities (as they continue to place the blame upon African Americans for the conditions that currently exist in urban communities). What's ironic is they also complain when organizations or individuals actually stand in the gap for and create empowerment opportunities within our communities.
Barack Obama's association with Trinity United Church of Christ is an asset. Although a few white neo-conservatives are trying to make something out of nothing regarding this, most Americans "overstand" that Black love and unity does not equate to white hate. Nor is it the proverbial slippery slope to that end.
It's interesting to note that other cultures that exist in this country (Asians, Latinos, Jews...etc.) teach and preach the same type of cultural unity and love message in their communities, churches, temples and synagogues and their isn't any negative connotation associated with their message and that is as it should be. To this reader, its more of the same "fear of a black planet" syndrome that some whites have when it comes to anything positive coming out of our communities that seeks to empower the people that exist them.
Their has always been and probably will always be whites and like minded Afro-Saxons who will complain about the problems in African American communities (as they continue to place the blame upon African Americans for the conditions that currently exist in urban communities). What's ironic is they also complain when organizations or individuals actually stand in the gap for and create empowerment opportunities within our communities.
