This column was published on Saturday, May 24 in the East Valley Tribune as “Wright sermonizes about an America many don’t want to know.”
The column was actually written three weeks earlier–closer to the latest Wright controversy–but as Obama appears the likely Democratic candidate, the issue will continue through the Fall. Popular perception has Tucson’s Raza Studies program as “racist,” and Rev. Wright is considered a black separatist and unAmerican–though very few have actually read their materials. Two book