The Fire Next Time

Why should the white man's property, have less meaning than an African American's life, and vice versa? The argument sounds like, either the white man's property is important, or the black man's life is important, which is totally wrong. This is an argument fit for the couch of the greatest psychologists. The great figures who have represented American society, like Abraham Lincoln, and Martin Luther King, did not espouse these polarized points of view. I am sure, that for Martin Luther King, the peaceful existence of all of American society, was very important, or perhaps the only important goal that he envisioned.

. What is the point of this article? To remind us of the disturbing brilliance of Do the Right Thing? To criticize Obama for failing to "reject or denounce" having seen the film on a first date with Michelle? To say it's OK to have seen the film but not on a first date? Does the author really think that with all the nation's problems, hard-working white American voters would have had fits if they'd known about the Obamas' first date movie choice? Is the author so intent on criticizing Obama that he uses a movie reissue as a forum? This article truly makes no sense and Newsweek did not do the right thing by publishing such a muddled rant.