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The host said that, "in his speech, Obama said that segregation often happens in churches and barber shops."

That is simply NOT TRUE. What he said was:

"For the men and women of Reverend Wright's generation, the memories of humiliation and doubt and fear have not gone away; nor has the anger and the bitterness of those years. That anger may not get expressed in public, in front of white co-workers or white friends. But it does find voice in the barbershop or around the kitchen table...And occasionally it finds voice in the church on Sunday morning, in the pulpit and in the pews."

The expression of anger over mistreatment and racism IS NOT the same thing as segregation.

The difference is important.

As a "journalist," your host should be careful to report the actual news, not her interpretation (spin?) of the news.

posted 5 years, 2 months ago
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