Bill Moyers Essay on Wright
Saturday, May 3rd, 2008
Bill Moyers introduced his show last night with a great introductory essay on the Jeremiah Wright issue and race in America. I have great respect for this man as he’s not willing to cast this issue in simple terms. It’s a complicated issue and he knows he’s looking at it through the lens of his own race and his own experience.
This is what I like about Obama: not feeding us simple answers to complex questions but treating us like adults able to grapple with nuance.
Here’s the full transcript and video at PBS where you can comment.