SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT....

Something to Think About … By William Fredrick Cooper

Written April 29, 2008

Did you know that Barbara Reynolds, a Clinton endorser, had something to do with Reverend Jeremiah Wright's appearance at the National Press Club in Washington on Monday?

DAMN, if that isn't a set-up, then I don't know what is.

While not mad at the Reverend for his stance against Obama, I wonder if he fully realizes the trap he walked into, and how his actions, if they continue, might set us back about twenty to twenty-five years. They pit us against each other, and because some of us want glory at any cost, we take the bait. While accurate with some of his commentary, like a bad slant pattern leaving a wide receiver exposed at the mercy of a hard-charging middle linebacker ready to lay him out, his timing was off. He should have stopped after his brilliant Moyer Interview Friday Night and excellent, thought-provoking DIFFERENT, BUT NOT DEFICIENT speech in Detroit Sunday Night. But he stayed too long on the stage. He should have discussed this 1) with Barack Obama in private or 2) after November.

Definitely, a bad move.

I've been hearing on the radio that Barack Obama may be the first legitimate shot a person of color (Or, in the Hillary alternative, the first non-white male) may have at the oval office. I have a funny feeling he may be the last for some time if we don't stick together and ignore the divisive distractions that the old political guard continues to throw into our faces. That guard has been fitted with conditioned blinders that scream "See, this is what we they do when given the opportunity to shine. They battle each other like crabs..."

I really don't think I need to finish this.

I keep thinking of how we sold each other into slavery, infiltrated unions of black progression, much to our detriment, and how we as people have fell for the ‘banana in the tailpipe’ gag time and time again for some ‘greater good’ we never receive for our dubious actions. I keep shaking my head as the tears flow because even in our everyday lives, some of us just don't get it.

It can break a man's spirit.

That is why we must all be tough, for Obama's sake. Change is very difficult for us all. It makes us all feel uneasy to leave a comfort center, go against every form of resistance imaginable, counter the ignorance of others with love, as much as they challenge it, and triumph in the end. We all have personal experiences of such, but they all pale in comparison to what this man is about to go through.

That's what this change is all about. He wants it for a country in dire need of such. What we should be asking ourselves is, HOW BAD DO WE WANT IT?