Desertwind
Head of the Day Shift
I found that a bit strange too
that should be kept secret.. they must not think it's that important, who knows:shifty:
PROMISED LAND" IT'S WITHIN VIEW
"The road ahead will be long. Our climb will be steep. We may not get there in one year or even one term, but America, I have never been more hopeful that I am tonight that we will get there. I promise you--we as a people wll get there" Presidential elect Barack Obama
For many African-Americans, this election of Barack Obama as president is the long awaited moutaintop experience that Martin Luther Kink Jr. sopke of in a way that has never happened before. I is not that we haven't loved our country. Quite the contrary. Blacks in America have long appreciated the ideals this country was founded on. we have fought and died for our country and always clung to the hope that in Ameirca every thing is possible. HOwever, our adoration for our country often felt like unre-quited love. Years of discrimination made us feel like second hand citizens, not matter what we accomplished. NO more. The election of Obama threw off the invisible shackles that have imprisoned us for years. we are no longer the stepchildren of America. we feel that finally we have been accepted into the family--our family, a family we have loved and cared for for more that 200 years. Never again will our children have only sports stars and rappers as role models. we will not allow them to say "I can't" We will teach them that education and civic involvement remain the means for growth. Within the African-American community, stories abound about this historic election, from senior citizens who were led to the front of the line to cast their ballots to the parents who wanted their children with them near the voting booth to witness history. However, for me, none was more poignant that the story of a local photographer shared as we watched the returns at a Riverside hotel. he told me that he was wearing a suit that belonged to his father, who had died recently. he felt that is was important that his father be a part of this great celebration of the 1st black president. Surely, King would be proud that Obama is not the "black" president. He is an American president who happens to be half black and half white. This bridge that needed to be crossed in our history. Have Africian Americans reached the promised land of true equality for all? Not yet, but the road ahead looks a whole lot brighter
Linnie Frank Bailey, a delegate at the DNC
Press Enterpress Newspaper
that should be kept secret.. they must not think it's that important, who knows:shifty:PROMISED LAND" IT'S WITHIN VIEW
"The road ahead will be long. Our climb will be steep. We may not get there in one year or even one term, but America, I have never been more hopeful that I am tonight that we will get there. I promise you--we as a people wll get there" Presidential elect Barack Obama
For many African-Americans, this election of Barack Obama as president is the long awaited moutaintop experience that Martin Luther Kink Jr. sopke of in a way that has never happened before. I is not that we haven't loved our country. Quite the contrary. Blacks in America have long appreciated the ideals this country was founded on. we have fought and died for our country and always clung to the hope that in Ameirca every thing is possible. HOwever, our adoration for our country often felt like unre-quited love. Years of discrimination made us feel like second hand citizens, not matter what we accomplished. NO more. The election of Obama threw off the invisible shackles that have imprisoned us for years. we are no longer the stepchildren of America. we feel that finally we have been accepted into the family--our family, a family we have loved and cared for for more that 200 years. Never again will our children have only sports stars and rappers as role models. we will not allow them to say "I can't" We will teach them that education and civic involvement remain the means for growth. Within the African-American community, stories abound about this historic election, from senior citizens who were led to the front of the line to cast their ballots to the parents who wanted their children with them near the voting booth to witness history. However, for me, none was more poignant that the story of a local photographer shared as we watched the returns at a Riverside hotel. he told me that he was wearing a suit that belonged to his father, who had died recently. he felt that is was important that his father be a part of this great celebration of the 1st black president. Surely, King would be proud that Obama is not the "black" president. He is an American president who happens to be half black and half white. This bridge that needed to be crossed in our history. Have Africian Americans reached the promised land of true equality for all? Not yet, but the road ahead looks a whole lot brighter
Linnie Frank Bailey, a delegate at the DNC
Press Enterpress Newspaper
