http://emergent79.wordpress.com/2008/03/14/on-hearing-sen-obama%e2%80%99s-pastor-the-flip-side/ A periscopic View from the Trenches of the Present. Wed, 07 Oct 2009 10:03:42 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 http://emergent79.wordpress.com/2008/03/14/on-hearing-sen-obama%e2%80%99s-pastor-the-flip-side/#comment-4545 On Hearing Sen. Obama’s Pastor: The Flip Side Fri, 14 Mar 2008 21:27:49 +0000 http://emergent79.wordpress.com/?p=122#comment-4545 [...] johnibii wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptI heard Sen. Obama’s Church of Christ pastor preaching today. I can hear the uproar now even before turning on the talk radio station or the news. I know without listening what they all are about to say. He must denounce and reject that man’s preaching against the singing of the national anthem. Well, hold on. There is a positive side that may not be heard. Have we ever had indications from Sen. Obama that tell us how deep into the “culture of the black people” he is? Can that be judged by the voters?  I know there is a domestic culture of black people that has language, paralanguage and nonverbal dimensions that most of us white folk know little about. I have encountered it and been found wanting in understanding the offenses that may innocently be committed without my awareness. (I know that political correctness should be defined as  “cultural […] [...] [...] johnibii wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptI heard Sen. Obama’s Church of Christ pastor preaching today. I can hear the uproar now even before turning on the talk radio station or the news. I know without listening what they all are about to say. He must denounce and reject that man’s preaching against the singing of the national anthem. Well, hold on. There is a positive side that may not be heard. Have we ever had indications from Sen. Obama that tell us how deep into the “culture of the black people” he is? Can that be judged by the voters?  I know there is a domestic culture of black people that has language, paralanguage and nonverbal dimensions that most of us white folk know little about. I have encountered it and been found wanting in understanding the offenses that may innocently be committed without my awareness. (I know that political correctness should be defined as  “cultural […] [...]

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