Focusing on Senator Barack Obama’s recent speech on race and its legacy in America — and the controversial remarks of UCC minister, Rev. Jeremiah Wright — Anderson discussed how Senator Obama used the controversy generated by Rev. Wright to urge Americans to reflect personally on the many ways “race” still impacts American society — especially the effects of the continuing economic gap and social separation between racial groups. The concept of “decardio racism” was discussed — and why this form of racism is so difficult to counter.
Anderson distributed to the members of the Breakfast Group the draft of an online essay he is finishing for a future video podcast on the topic, available at: http://www.questioningmatters.com/racism.html