Today is election day. November 4, 2008. I voted for the very first time today in favor of Obama/Biden. Up until now, I had never heard of so many young people excited about voting. The turn out was phenomenal. I didn't even mind waiting in line for an hour to cast my single vote.
It is now 5 minutes after 11pm. Some 42 years after the declaration of independence, a Black man has become president of the United States of America.
When Barack Obama was elected our next president, I immediately thought back to all that Martin Luther King stood and died for and this great indescribable feeling came rushing over me. I can't say that I can 100% relate to the struggles of the Blacks that came before me but I feel every bit of happiness and joy that those who died in the name of civil rights would feel if they had been able to see this day.
After so many years of "we will never have a Black president" and "America isn't ready for a Black president," I would have never thought I would see the day when it would come to pass.
Whether you agree with his ideologies or not, this is a historic moment and I am most grateful that I was able to be a part of it.
I don't think of Obama is a super-being and I realize that this is no easy task for him to take on but I do sincerely pray that God leads him to guide this country into better times than we are in now. I also pray that the next four years will be some of the best four years of our lives in America.
Here's to those who doubted us and what we could accomplish as a people! I don't expect this to completely change everything for African-Americans overnight but this should definitely make the world think twice about who we are.
BBQ @ the White House!
ha ha!
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