I was supposed to be going to sleep early today but the excitement that I have from the news I just heard is keeping me up. I don't mean to sound cliche', but yes, history has been made. For all that don't know, Barack Obama has won the democratic nomination!!! But the feeling I get isn't just of happiness or victory, it's a mix of emotions. First let me say that I am in complete shock. Not to say that I didn't think he could do it, but in this country that I call home the odds were completely against him. See the United States of America is a country that allows for a black man to be shot 50 times because of the color of his skin but still claims to be racially equal. Well let me break it down for you. This is how the totem pole works :white man..........white woman...black woman, black man (the last two are vice versa depending upon the situation). So for this country to allow a black man to beat a white woman, in anything, that's really saying something. Do you understand that the only thing in the way of Barack Obama, a black man, from running this country is only one person...just one other nominee. Any other time that you heard of a black man running for president he was at the bottom of the barrel...pulled out quicker than Rudy Giuliani. Besides the shock, I feel an immense sense of pride. I'm proud of the influx of black people that came out to vote for this election. Don't quote me on this, but I believe this has been the largest recorded turnout of black voters. I'm especially proud of my generation. I think , no I know, that we played a major role in helping Barack Obama obtain the presidential nomination. If we weren't voting than we were spreading the word somehow, some way. And I'm proud of Hillary Clinton for getting as far as she did. Even though, according to my "totem pole" she is regarded higher than Barack Obama, she is still a female running in a typical male field, so I applaud her for that. Anger is also a part of my list of emotions. Clearly I don't feel angry because of the outcome of the events, I feel angry because I personally didn't do everything that I could have to help the person I want to run my country. I'm witnessing a part of history, but I wasn't a part of it. I had at least two chances to partake in this historical event, although my lack of participation wasn't necessarily my fault. I didn't vote, for reasons that were already discussed in a previous blog (I'd rather not go over the details again, I'll just get even more irritated), and I also had the opportunity to help in voter recruitment, but I never received a call back. Regardless of the fact that both of these opportunities were out of my hands I still feel some type disappointment in myself, because I believe that there was something else that I could have done, even if it wasn't in front of my face there was something. All I know is that I will be the first person on that line on Tuesday, November 4th...might even do an absentee ballot, it'll get there quicker. But most of all I'm ecstatic. I'm so happy I could cry...literally, but all my other emotions are keeping me from doing so. Barack Obama has won the Democratic presidential nomination. I keep saying it to myself but it seems so surreal. To think that a change could really be coming. I mean in no way do I expect it to happen overnight but we are making progress. Just to think that one day there will be no such thing as racism or sexism or religious intolerance because we won't teach our children what these words mean, let alone how to practice them. With all the crime, inequality, and indecency that goes on in this country I used to think that it was far from the day that would come when I could hold my head up high and be proud to say that I am an American. I can't express how it feels for me to say that that day has finally come...well there goes that tear.
...its been real peoplez ---> DEUCES
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