Why Obama Can't Lead

Articles: Why Obama Can't Lead
For 22 years he attended the church services led by Rev. Jeremiah Wright.
African-Americans who attended his and other black liberation theology church services in Chicago are taught that their options are limited by the "other," and this other is white society.
Personal choice is not the route to success; choices are limited by the overwhelmingly oppressive power of dominant white America.
America is not, for Rev. Wright's paradigm, a land of opportunity, but instead a land of oppression.

In this political culture, the black political leader does not encourage his people to move forward, but rather convinces them that they cannot move forward.
Whatever choices they make, their future is determined not by personal choice, but by the restrictive confines of white society.
This is why actor-comedian Bill Cosby is viciously attacked when he suggests that African-Americans take responsibility for their own choices.

We see this in Muskegon with too many of the older local black leaders.
Thankfully the new voices (and some old, like Rillistine Wilkins) see personal choice and opportunity as positive options.