In the days that have followed the historic election of Barack Obama to the highest office in the land, something amazing has happened to the black man. As a black man, I must say that when I awoke the next morning the world seemed different to me. It was as if the world was reborn in a way into which this time, I fit into it. No longer did I feel like an outcast in the country of my birth. Pride filled my body till I could no longer contain it. My walk was different. I looked everyone in the eye.( happily)
It wasn't just me. I could have sworn that night, as they annouced Obama as the next president that I heard a loud snapping sound. It was the people of color all over this country who , for the first time, raised their heads and chins up with pride. Pride in the fact that not only is an African- American president but that they also had something to do with it. A friend joked with me," is this what it feels like to be white?" I answered yes. Knowing that you can actually, realisticly achieve anything is a feeling very few people of color has come to experience.
The attitudes of the people changed with that day. People from all walks of life seemed happier, waving to say goodmorning to complete strangers.(something unheard of in NYC) If this feeling of euphoria holds true then the torch has finally been passed from the hands of Dr. King to a man who has also crossed the racial barrier to bring MEN and WOMEN together as MEN and WOMEN. A man who has in a short timespan, delivered pride back to a people and has truly become a leader of men.
In respect to that accomplishment, we cannot return to our old behavior. We have seen a Black man that is the head and caretaker of his family. How can you continue to neglect your own? How can you continue to waste your life on drugs and alcohol? How can you continue to blame your misfortunes on someone else?(the Man) If there was no other time to take charge of your life and transform it for you and yours, that time is now. Now because we have all witnessed that all things are possible.
A black president...... damn..... The sky never looked so blue, nor the sun as bright, as the day when black show us all its light....
TG
It wasn't just me. I could have sworn that night, as they annouced Obama as the next president that I heard a loud snapping sound. It was the people of color all over this country who , for the first time, raised their heads and chins up with pride. Pride in the fact that not only is an African- American president but that they also had something to do with it. A friend joked with me," is this what it feels like to be white?" I answered yes. Knowing that you can actually, realisticly achieve anything is a feeling very few people of color has come to experience.
The attitudes of the people changed with that day. People from all walks of life seemed happier, waving to say goodmorning to complete strangers.(something unheard of in NYC) If this feeling of euphoria holds true then the torch has finally been passed from the hands of Dr. King to a man who has also crossed the racial barrier to bring MEN and WOMEN together as MEN and WOMEN. A man who has in a short timespan, delivered pride back to a people and has truly become a leader of men.
In respect to that accomplishment, we cannot return to our old behavior. We have seen a Black man that is the head and caretaker of his family. How can you continue to neglect your own? How can you continue to waste your life on drugs and alcohol? How can you continue to blame your misfortunes on someone else?(the Man) If there was no other time to take charge of your life and transform it for you and yours, that time is now. Now because we have all witnessed that all things are possible.
A black president...... damn..... The sky never looked so blue, nor the sun as bright, as the day when black show us all its light....
TG
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