Thirty Chicago African-American pastors, from Pentecostal, Baptist and Episcopal faiths, gathered at Quinn Chapel A.M.E. Church on the South Side in an effort to turn the tide from Rev. Wright’s incendiary comments to the real issues of the American people. Rev. Leon Finney Jr., pastor of Metropolitan Apostolic Community Church, said that voters need to direct their attention to today’s national crisis: the Iraq war, the economy, the rising unemployment, the foreclosures and the continuing price increase of gasoline. It is evident that African-Americans are afraid that Wright’s remarks will harm Obama’s chance for the White House, despite the latter’s effort to distance himself from his twenty plus years pastor, mentor and longtime friend. Tuesday Primaries should tell the end story of Wright’s controversy.

By Margaret Ramirez (Chicago Tribune 5/3/08)
Adapted by Johana Nadler
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