[Ashley V]

Originally Posted by YoRkiE Te aMo

sometimes it is good to research prior to making statements or judgements !
Joseph Lowery - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

I don't see where you are proving your point. It said even Obama stopped smiling at that.

"On January 20, 2009, Dr. Lowery delivered the benediction at the inauguration of Barack Obama as the 44th President of the United States of America. He opened with lines from "Lift Every Voice and Sing," also known as "The Negro National Anthem," by James Weldon Johnson. He concluded with the following, an interpolation of Big Bill Broonzy's "Black, Brown and White":

Lord, in the memory of all the saints who from their labors rest, and in the joy of a new beginning, we ask you to help us work for that day when black will not be asked to get in back, when brown can stick around, when yellow will be mellow, when the red man can get ahead, man; and when white will embrace what is right. Let all those who do justice and love mercy say Amen. Say Amen. And Amen. [8]

This concluding passage has been criticized as divisive and racist against white people, since it appears to suggest that whites do not currently embrace what is right, while exhorting perceived hardships and hopes faced by other races.[9][10]

In the video of the event, Obama can be witnessed promptly losing his smile upon hearing this potentially contentious utterance.[11]"