I trust LR readers are familiar by now with Sen. Obama’s “quiet riot” speech, so I feel no need to point out the obvious. Instead, I want to focus on this portion:
Black men in prison: the bullet in the elbow of the fetus of America. Gotcha.
Obama noted that during the riots, a bullet pierced the abdomen of a pregnant woman and lodged in the elbow of her fetus. The baby was delivered by caesarian section, the bullet was removed and the child, Jessica Glennis Evers-Jones, has only a small scar on her arm to show for it.
Using the incident as a metaphor, Obama said society’s problems are worsening because “in too many places across the country, we have not even bothered to take the bullet out.”
“When we have more black men in prison than in college, then it’s time to take the bullet out,” he said.
What does that metaphor mean, exactly, given that Obama’s party is the party of A Fetus Isn’t Life Anyway?
