Wake me because I must be dreaming!
Today I wake up in a country that has chosen to elect a Black man to the highest position in the country if not the world, president of the United States of America.
I have in years before not taken to worrying about politics. But this year I listened and wondered if this country that I love with its many faults, could or would put a Black man in office. As I sat glued to the television and watched as the returns came in, I kept waiting for something to go wrong.
I lived in the day of segregation and riding in the back of the bus. Of not being able to sit down and have lunch at a lunch counter after shopping in that same store. I had to drink out of water fountains labeled “colored.” And yes in high school, our band had to be last in the Xmas parades.
Today we have a man of color in the Whitehouse!!! Our first lady is obviously Black and she did not come in the back door but on the arm of a regal, smart, and honest man. This family is now the face of America and people all over the world will now know that the American dream can come true. You can become anything you strive to be if you work hard in America.
Barrack congratulations! May your next four years be a success and may history not only speak of you as the first Black man to become president, but as a great president that brought a county back from the brink of disaster.
November 18th, 2008 at 6:13 am
This sounds good Lilly, I too agree its time for change, although I did vote for him, I’m still not in total agreement with all of his philosephies. And the Republican Party has really given him tall shoes to fill in order to get us out of the financial crises they put us in.