@bkcunningham I think this is the perfect example of false balance.
You have Obama who attended a church with a minister who said some questionable things. When Obama learned of them, he denounced the statements, gave a speech against them, and stated: “Our relations with Trinity have been strained by the divisive statements of Reverend Wright, which sharply conflict with our own views.” Obama was raised by his WHITE mother and his WHITE grandparents played a big part in his life. To think that Obama at any time believed that white people were evil is not only logically absurd, but a gross distortion of reality to create a false balance.
And not to justify the statements of Rev. Wright, but he attended College in VA, right around the time that VA was closing schools rather than integrating them. I’m certain he’s witnessed first-hand a lot of anti-black sentiment in the south during segregation/desegregation. I can certainly appreciate how those experiences may have shaped his beliefs. The reality is that white people are responsible for a lot of evil shit that went down back then, and I certainly don’t judge people from that era who have lingering resentment.
Romney on the other hand not only participated in the Mormon Church prior to the 1978 change in policy, but actively participated in spreading those beliefs as a missionary. According to their faith at the time Romney was a missionary, black people inherited the Curse of Ham. If Romeny had left the church in disgust upon learning of the doctrine, then you might have a case for the issues being somewhat parallel, but instead of doing so, he signed up to preach the faith.
If I were a black voter, I would have a really hard time with that. I know I have a hard time with it as a white voter.