 Obama addressed the subjects of racial tensions, white privilege,
and race and inequality in the United States, discussing black "anger," white "resentment," and other issues as he sought to explain and contextualize Wright's comments.His speech closed with a plea to move beyond America's "racial stalemate" and address shared social problems.On March 27, 2008, the Pew Research Center called the speech "arguably the biggest political event of the campaign so far," noting that 85 percent of Americans said they had heard at least a little about the speech and that 54 percent said they heard a lot about it.