Stevie Wonder Used Jesse Jackson’s Funeral to Lecture White America
Joe Biden stood at Jesse Jackson's podium and told the crowd he is smarter than most of them.That was only the second most offensive thing that happened at that funeral.
Stevie Wonder took the mic and told white Americans they need to "overcome the mindset of white supremacy" – and Jesse Jackson's own son had seen enough. Wonder was supposed to be there to honor a man he called a lifelong friend.
He performed "As" and "They Won't Go When I Go" – songs he said "speak the truth in my heart."Then he stopped performing and started lecturing.
"It is you, and you know who you are," Wonder told the crowd. "You need to overcome hate. You need to overcome the mindset of white supremacy. You shall overcome the need to dominate every single country and every people."
Three former presidents, one failed former vice president, and one music legend all looked at a grieving family and decided: this is the moment--let's bash Trump-- after Jesse Jackson, Jr. asked them NOT to bring politics into the funeral.
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