After the craziest election day in American history, our president for the next four years is President-elect Barack Obama.
Many of you may have voted for or against Obama, but regardless, we should be celebrating another defeat in American history -- the defeat over nationalized racism against minorities.
As a political science / legal studies major at UC Berkeley, I'm constantly reading up court cases highlighting the unfair treatment of minorities. And it was only 44 years ago, with the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, that race discrimination was officially made illegal in America. Forty-four years ago. There had been several attempts prior to that, which, sadly, did not pass. Think about that, cuz 44 years was definitely not long ago at all.
I honestly did not think I would be alive to see a non-white president in office. I always knew it would happen, but I thought it would be years and years from now. It makes me really proud to be an American (I know, sounds cliche) but seriously.. To know that we have been working toward justice and equality for all.. And nothing says justice more than voting into the position of Executive a man whose race had suffered severe discrimination in the country he has now been appointed to lead.
Change has DEFINITELY come to America and it is time to embrace it. Let's keep the momentum going and support our new president in all his endeavors. He's here to represent us -- and we must do the same for him.
We're living history.. And it feels so incredibly amazing!
And just a funny aside:
1 comment:
minorities continue to struggle against racism in all its forms. even in the present day where we as a collective american identity promote supposedly fair representation of special interests, many obstacles exist.
Post a Comment