A More Perfect Union BARACK OBAMA

question 15

Multiple Choice

A More Perfect Union BARACK OBAMA
-In response to some controversial statements made by his pastor, Jeremiah Wright, which were aired for many weeks on television and YouTube, Obama, in this speech:

• A) used the brouhaha as an opportunity to explain why blacks often feel the way Reverend Wright described, along with an explanation of why whites feel aggrieved as well
• B) publicly broke with the pastor and promised never again to have anything to do with him or his church
• C) denied Reverend Wright was his pastor and friend
• D) took Reverend Wright's side in the controversy, and argued that people misunderstood what the Reverend was saying

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