I read a ton of articles on Pastor Wright and Black Liberation Theology in the process of doing homework for my "Thought Experiment" blog. Much of what I read, particularly on Black Liberation Theology, didn't make me very happy.
I convinced myself that BLT wasn't anti-American so much as anti-oppressor and pro-oppressed. Give credit where credit is due. BLT is pro-Gay (tolerance is goodness). Also Trinity United Church of Christ was one of the first organizations in the US to openly condemn Apartied (while the US govt. still suppoted it) and support Nelson Mandela. Today they support the Palestinians and are anti-Israel. Again, the rationale is because one is the oppressed and the other is the oppressor. Obviously this is not in line with American policy, and by supporting the democratically elected Palestinian leadership (Hamas) TUCC is supporting what the US considers to be a terrorist organization. But at one time the US considered Nelson Mandela to be a terrorist.
However James Cone, the father of BLT, lays a foundation that is fundamentally anti-white. Some of Cone's statements will be quite shocking to white folks ... a great deal of whom apparently aren't watching FOX news these days. There's a %100 chance we will all become intimate with Mr. Cone's ideas in the fall through 527 ads. But before anyone get's too upset, I recommend the linked article below. In the context of a statement by Frederick Douglass, Pastor Wright and his church might make a little more sense.
http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2008/04/07/080407fa_fact_sanneh?currentPage=1
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