Do you think he actually defended racism? Or did he treat it as a fact of life?
This is the reality in which Reverend Wright and other African-Americans of his generation grew up. They came of age in the late fifties and early sixties, a time when segregation was still the law of the land and opportunity was systematically constricted. Whats remarkable is not how many failed in the face of discrimination, but rather how many men and women overcame the odds; how many were able to make a way out of no way for those like me who would come after them.
So this isn't a defense of racism? Is is not an excuse? Is it not an attemt at justificaton?