Reply #36: I grew up in conservative Ohio, and there were cross burnings twenty miles away.

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Ohio has one of the largest numbers of Klan groups of any state in the nation.

Now I live in North Carolina. Fewer Klan, but lots of other white supremacist and neo-Nazi groups. I've heard things from white people that have curled my hair. I've heard these things from middle school principals, office managers, police officers, accountants, and many other "community leaders," as well as from housewives, soccer moms, and nice church ladies. Horrible things.

Reverend Wright is ok with this whitey. I don't blame him for his comments. Like you, I won't pigeon hole somebody based on a couple of sound bites culled from a 20-year career doing good.