CNN's Athena Jones discusses President Obama's trip to New Orleans today to speak to the National Urban League and weighs in on the controversy over his campaign's latest ads.
I think it's interesting how when it comes to black preachers, media speaks of them as influencing the BLACK clergy and BLACK community. With white spiritual leaders is the clergy, the community. It's as if African-American leaders have no influence or audience in people outside of their own race. Just goes to show just how for this country has to go to become truly equal, integrated and colorblind.
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I think it's interesting how when it comes to black preachers, media speaks of them as influencing the BLACK clergy and BLACK community. With white spiritual leaders is the clergy, the community. It's as if African-American leaders have no influence or audience in people outside of their own race. Just goes to show just how for this country has to go to become truly equal, integrated and colorblind.