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Submitted by Rose L. Tynes, Mar 17, 2008 17:08

Mr. Steyn:

After reading your column, I feel the need of a good hot shower.

Growing up Black on Staten Island, going to an all white grammar school, and an all white High School was no picnic. Many of the things Rev. Wright says I can identify with, as can most Black Americans. Back then we were Negroes or Colored, just barely human, and surely not good enough to be considered first class citizens....

Senator Obama has said that he disagrees with the statements Rev. Wright has made...He realizes that they are from different Generations, and that Rev. Wright holds some very controversial views. He does not ,now nor has he ever embraced those views....

Growing up, my family managed to have a good life because of hard work. Can you imagine how much better and easier that life would have been without the heavy weight of Racism constantly pulling us down. Every black person in American has felt as Michele Obama has felt....heartsick over the way this country that we do love has treated us in the past... Still Black men went to war, and are still going.

Now Senator Obama, who is not just a Black Man, but a product of two races is running for President. Everyone in this country should be proud of the fact that inspite of the ugly Jim Crow laws in the south, and the sometime overt racism in the north. we've been able to get to this point.

So get off your soap box.

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Wow! Kudos to the letter so brilliantly stated by Rose Tynes of Staten Island! She has voiced her views from... [MORE]	Warren Hughes Ret	Mar 17, 2008 17:57
Mr. Steyn: After reading your column, I feel the need of a good hot shower. Growing up Black on Staten Island, going...	Rose L. Tynes	Mar 17, 2008 17:08
To continue on with this racial tensions is nothing more than adding on to the crisis on hand. The country... [MORE]	mTGRAY	Mar 17, 2008 16:44
I can understand that many black people feel a lot of anger, and their treatment was often outrageous. However, I... [MORE]	Wilm E. Donath	Mar 17, 2008 14:58
I am 80. I have been in a lot of churchs and never heard hate or politics mentioned until now.... [MORE]	Jack Kinch (1uncle)	Mar 17, 2008 13:58
This just in! The latest reverend-lation is that the Senator from Illinois wasn't always out of the building when his... [MORE]	Warren Hughes	Mar 17, 2008 12:24
The sad (and scary) thing about this story is that there are millions of guilt-ridden, White liberals out there who... [MORE]	A. Levy	Mar 17, 2008 11:04
Who are the characters Obama was associated with in Chicago? [MORE]	samuel	Mar 17, 2008 15:55
MARK STEYN's comments about Obama and Rev. Wright are right - and artfully put. [MORE]	Maurice Leon	Mar 17, 2008 10:31
Well-the cat is out of the bag along with all the nasty kitty-litter.It's one thing to be told and another... [MORE]	leo solomon	Mar 17, 2008 13:19
How nice that "Reverend" Wright weeps for the victims of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Why doesn't the good "Christian" pastor weep... [MORE]	James Longo	Mar 17, 2008 16:28
That the empire of Japan committed many very horrific war crimes right up there with the Nazis, inlcuing murdering over... [MORE]	Jakester	Mar 18, 2008 09:10
Dear Mr. Steyn, When I want my day made, I don't think of Clint Eastwood. I read one of your... [MORE]	charles heineman	Mar 17, 2008 09:50
"Identity politic hand grenades"-- thank you , again, Mr. Steyn, for cracking me up. But at what point do we... [MORE]	John Bosquet-Morra	Mar 17, 2008 09:27
I think a find should be started for all thoes who feel that The United States of America is a... [MORE]	Edward Bryan	Mar 17, 2008 08:40
This is a terrific article and is ' right' on point. I do not believe Obama when he says 'I... [MORE]	chuck higgins	Mar 17, 2008 08:31
Your words do matter as usual you utilize them as a fine rapier. Glad to see the NY Sun has... [MORE]	Moultrie	Mar 18, 2008 08:01

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