“A man of color as the head of state unleashes the imagination in so many ways for so many people and it frees up children to see themselves in more expansive terms.”
Election of Obama a civil rights triumph
“You cannot enjoy the light without enduring the heat.”
How Obama will shape US history
for the first time, in a very, very long time… i feel proud to be an american again. there is hope in the air. it’s palpable. not just in the u.s., but in the world. never before has an american political official stirred feelings of such optimism in me.
the thing that strikes me the most is how human he is. he is not flawless. he has some personal and political views with may ultimately slow progress in some arenas, but overall his election alone is another big nail in the coffin of oppression that has plagued this nation’s past. that i am able to witness this tells me that all is not lost. i just hope the rest of the world will join hands and work with him as a comrade, not an opponent.
