{"id":405,"date":"2007-03-11T21:12:57","date_gmt":"2007-03-11T21:12:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/jazztheologian\/2007\/03\/obamas-response.html"},"modified":"2007-03-11T21:12:57","modified_gmt":"2007-03-11T21:12:57","slug":"obamas-response","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/jazztheologian\/2007\/03\/obamas-response.html","title":{"rendered":"Obama&#8217;s response&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There have been accusations againt Obama that he is not black (enough) and that he does not have claim to the African-American experience because is an African who is American (or so the argument goes)&#8230;<span style=\"color: #000099;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/jazztheologian.typepad.com\/findingthegroove\/2007\/02\/is_barack_obama.html\">click here for a previous post on the matter.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Recently, Obama responded in a &quot;sermon&quot; he gave in honor of the march on Selma.<\/p>\n<p><embed name=\"flashObj\" pluginspage=\"http:\/\/www.macromedia.com\/shockwave\/download\/index.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash\" src=\"http:\/\/services.brightcove.com\/services\/viewer\/federated_f8\/353515028\" width=\"486\" height=\"412\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" swliveconnect=\"true\" seamlesstabbing=\"false\" base=\"http:\/\/admin.brightcove.com\" flashvars=\"videoId=595233697&amp;playerId=353515028&amp;viewerSecureGatewayURL=https:\/\/services.brightcove.com\/services\/amfgateway&amp;servicesURL=http:\/\/services.brightcove.com\/services&amp;cdnURL=http:\/\/admin.brightcove.com&amp;domain=embed&amp;autoStart=false&amp;\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\"><\/embed><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s about 15 minutes but it&#8217;s worth your time. 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