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...in the most recent culture studies contexts, argues that racism is something that only the race in power can engage in, that blacks cannot be racist because they lack the ability to inflict upon whites what whites currently inflict upon blacks, or to put it another way, every black person in America could be "racist" the way we currently think of the term and it wouldn't matter one whit, because they don't have the power to keep us out of jobs, make us feel ashamed of our race, or any of the other social problems racism causes.
Thus, Pastor Wright cannot BE racist.
He can be prejudiced.
I don't think Obama "targeted" that speech at anyone - to think he did is, again, to miss the point.
That speech was for everyone, because racism is EVERYONE's problem.
Assuming Obama to be playing the political game by the same old rules is a mistake, IMHO. His appeal is precisely that he *isn't.*
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