http://menachemmendel.net/blog/2009/01/20/inauguration-day-i/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=inauguration-day-i Thu, 09 Feb 2012 02:57:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://menachemmendel.net/blog/2009/01/20/inauguration-day-i/comment-page-1/#comment-1410 andy Wed, 21 Jan 2009 01:01:42 +0000 http://menachemmendel.net/blog/?p=1096#comment-1410 Some of the callers to my favorite radio station were miffed that Obama praised the Founding Fathers without even alluding to the fact that many of them were slave-owners, especially considering his 'historic' accomplishment as the first African-American president. People would be wise to keep in mind that not only is our new president not descended from former slaves, but it is quite likely that he is a descendant of slave-owners. To expect him to condemn our FF simply because of his race would itself appear to be a racist supposition. Some of the callers to my favorite radio station were miffed that Obama praised the Founding Fathers without even alluding to the fact that many of them were slave-owners, especially considering his ‘historic’ accomplishment as the first African-American president. People would be wise to keep in mind that not only is our new president not descended from former slaves, but it is quite likely that he is a descendant of slave-owners. To expect him to condemn our FF simply because of his race would itself appear to be a racist supposition.

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