Posted on 11/03/2008 7:35:33 PM PST by Kaslin
Whoever wins this election, I understand what Barack Obama meant when he said his faith in the American people had been "vindicated" by his campaign's success. I understand what Michelle Obama meant, months ago, when she said she was "proud of my country" for the first time in her adult life.
Why should they be immune to the astonishment and vertigo that so many other African-Americans are experiencing? Why shouldn't they have to pinch themselves to make sure they aren't dreaming, the way that I do?
I know there's a possibility that the polls are wrong. I know there's a possibility that white Americans, when push comes to shove, won't be able to bring themselves to elect a black man as president of the United States.
But the spread in the polls is so great that the Bradley effect wouldn't be enough to make Obama lose; it would take a kind of "Dr. Strangelove effect" in which voters' hands developed a will of their own.
I'm being facetious but not unserious. In my gut, I know there's a chance that the first African-American to make a serious run for the presidency will lose. But that is precisely what's new, and, in a sense, unsettling: I'm talking about possibility, not inevitability.
For African-Americans, at least those of us old enough to have lived through the civil rights movement, this is nothing short of mind-blowing. It's disorienting, and it makes me see this nation in a different light.
You see, I remember a time of separate and unequal schools, restrooms and water fountains — a time when black people were officially second-class citizens. I remember moments when African-Americans were hopeful and excited about the political process, and I remember other moments when most of us were depressed and disillusioned.
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Care to have the Chicago 13th District point of view?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tBofMELuSMA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AjkH8NEoOUY
Bonus:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2nGEDrFswI
If you did read his books you would still be in the dark as to his real story because his books are manufactured bullsh*t. But you would know that he is a racist totalitarian chickensh*t, at least. For some reason he doesn't even try to hide that, much the way Hitler laid out his whole plan in Mein Kampf for all to see--except, no one saw.
I’ll take McCain’s victory, the writer can take his inspiration...
People like Clarance Thomas and Thomas Sowell are inspiring, Obama, well, just what is his real story?
“Victory Or No, Obama’s Story Divides Us All”
fixed.
Well, I assume you aren’t inspired. LOL!
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