Derrick Ashong, who had recently made a name for himself on YouTube, comments that he like many Americans had watched Obama’s speech on Tuesday, March 18, called “A More Perfect Union.”
The issue of race has erupted after the comment made by Reverend Jeremiah Wright had brought forth much backlash. It had hurt Barack Obama and his campaign. As a result, Obama denounced what Wright had said. But, many have questioned whether or not if what Obama did is enough.
There are many that think Obama did not do enough and there are many that think that Obama did enough he could. In his speech, Obama said that the issue of race cannot be ignored. So far, many have agreed with what Obama said.
Ashong is one of many that feel the same way. In his commentary, Ashong explains that race has been an issue that has been long ignored. He said that race is one issue that continues to confound the country. Ashong said that Black America has not yet taken the responsibility to combat the problems in its community.
Ashong said that White American has not yet acknowledged that true liberty has evaded many in America for a very long time.
He comments that such conversations rarely happen as they end before they even begin in the first place. Ashong blamed ignorance and the unwillingness of people to talk about it and neither side wants to acknowledge the weight of what the other side has to say about the matter.
Ashong praised Obama as the one with the courage to bring up the subject.
He is one of many to further bring up the issue of race after the speech that Barack Obama has made. This could possibly be both an underlying and outlying issue in the US presidential races.
This year’s election is the first time where there are the barriers of gender and skin color in the US Presidential races let alone the US Democratic races.