My African ancestors were brought here as slaves, to build this country, the New World, and until not long ago were not considered full and respected citizens of this nation. Through our enslavement we were conditioned to think of ourselves as less than humans and it continued on through the Jim Crow-era, and many argue it is still being done today. My own Mother, had to pee on the side of the road on family vacations because Southern rest stops were segregated, treated as if she were a dog, when she was only a little girl.
To think that the Beacon of the Free World will now be head by an African-American man, a person of darker Light, someone not at all very different from me, is truly beyond me. When I heard the news, for a moment I did not have much of a reaction, but my emotions took me and, no lie, I cried. This is history, we must move on from the past, and we must unify ourselves as people in order to reach our true potential as a single Human race. We can do it. It may take time but it is attainable.
Whatever your politics, at least be proud that your country has accomplished what it has today.
Sam Cooke-"A Change Is Gonna Come"
I still encourage dissent when needed, let your voice be heard.
"Iron rusts from disuse; water loses its purity from stagnation... even so does inaction sap the vigor of the mind." -Leonardo DaVinci
Ordinary Beings Can Accomplish Extraordinary Things.
1 comments:
truly historical moment, and not gonna lie, i shed a tear last night. when i heard obama speak, excuse me, president elect obama speak, he was really moving. and his words came out so sincere and with much much confidence that I may have found a spark of hope because of it. I wasn't exactly sure of the outcome of this election before, and i'm not too fond of president elect obama's politics. but in the end that falls short to what has been achieved last night. I really hope Obama can restore this country to something good. Because I, right now, I believe in him. I hope he doesn't let this country down.
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