In Defense of Father Pfleger

O.K, I guess I do not understand what the hue and cry is all about. Father Pfleger basically makes three points 1) that white America today is the beneficiary of several centuries of oppression of black Americans (i.e. slavery, Jim Crow, segregation, lynching); 2) that Hillary Clinton felt she was entitled to the White House as a former first lady, and 3) that Clinton has a sense of entitlement because of her race. The first of these propositions strikes me as undeniable. The second seems debatable but plausible. Only the last point seems questionable to me, but even on that last point Clinton has opened herself to the criticism by her claims to be more electable than Barack Obama because she appeals to hard working white people with no education. Frankly, we need to continue the debate in this country to which Father Pfleger has contributed, rather than sweeping it under the rug because an uneducated white majority cannot bear to confront the crimes in this otherwise great country's past.