(I don't feel right posting too long of an answer, seeing how I voted against this running. But I've got a spare five minutes, so here goes.)

    "Black Power" groups and churches, by accepting up front their marked (in contrast to unmarked) status actually reinforce the status quo at the cost of a small bit of rebellion. Powerful institutions are flexible, weak ones are not (one of the reasons the Soviet Union had no staying power), and the US has one of the strongest social structures ever seen.
   "White Power" groups then, by exchanging unmarked for marked status, are a bigger threat to the existing system than radical groups like MOVE or the Black Panthers could ever dream of becoming. Not to get too Sun Tzu, but some conflicts are lost simply by joining them, and this is one instance.*
   By being a member of TUCC then, Obama has demonstrated an acceptance of the current class/race system of a most non-threatening kind; if he really was really radical (ie going to change things at the root) he'd be a Catholic, or even a Lutheran.

   *Note that this is compatible with individual racism. It's the organization and calls for action that makes "White Power" groups dangerous.

Ex ignorantia ad sapientiam; e luce ad tenebras

I think we can safely say that a Republican candidate who belonged to the White equivalent of TUCC would not be tolerated.

What about Romney?  zing!

More seriously, the professional pantsshitting going on over Romney's announcement at the Ford Museum is misguided.  I've been to the place, and they didn't sugarcoat, glorify, or hide Ford's antisemitic behaviors.  It's "outrage" like this that hurts the credibility of Jewish groups.

(is 3fingerspointback)

I don't see this as offensively racist, unless it reflects a clear antipathy toward other races.  Things like "Commitment to the [White/Black] Family" and "Adherence to the [White/Black] Work Ethic" are a long, long way from "Refusal to Hire [Black/White] People" or "Rounding Up And Lynching [Black/White] People Without Trial."

I'll admit that I would be more uncomfortable if there really was a church that referred to things like a "White Value System."  But that's only because there have been crazy white racists who have talked about similar things in the past, so if I encountered someone talking like that in the present I would assume they are also a crazy white racist--otherwise, they would choose words that would not give rise to that confusion.  But other phrases you could use, like "the values of our Founding Fathers," will not cause me to bat an eyelash.

I was in Atlanta a few years ago, and while traveling on their tram system, found myself standing beside a young (in her 20s) black woman wearing a T-shirt that listed pledges like "I will only marry a black man"...

But basically there's a difference between a majority that talks about purity and their desire to spread that purity throughout the land, and a minority group that's trying to hold onto its identity.

Still, I have problems with both.

At least I now know why there aren't more black people in the middle class.

If this post is the worst that the right can say about Sen. Obama, he looks better all the time.

January 20, 2009. Justice becomes possible.

I find it interesting that you emphasis B. Hussein O.'s Muslim middle name in a story about his membership of a Christian church. Actually, scratch the 'interesting'. I find it funny. How much more clearly could you highlight your prejudices?

The tenth point at the bottom of the churches website reads:
"A congregation working towards ECONOMIC PARITY."

This is emphasises the big difference between a white supremacist group and a black power group. One is concerned with suppressing a mistreated group, while the other one is concerned with boosting their own social position. The actions taken by these different groups speak for themselves.

When black power groups cross-over into hatred of whites/Europeans I will, and have, object to it. But that simply is not the case with this church. They want to promote blacks values and community? Well, good for them. If you can find something on their website denigrating whites, then we can have a discussion.