Posted by
toady on Friday, April 18, 2008 7:21:05 AM
Could black voters trust a white candidate to fairly represent their interests even if he attended an anti-black church and was close friends with a prominent white minister who was famously hostile to black Americans?
This is another of John Hawkins questions and the answer is yes it is possible.
Hugo Black did much more than attend an anti-black church... he was a member of the KKK. When he was put on the Supreme Court people said we didn't need to buy him new robes, just dye his old ones black.
Hugo Black served on the Supreme Court where he did great work strengthening civil rights and civil liberties.
By the same token white america can trust Obama even if his Jeremiah Wright has made ugly comments in the past.