25 years ago, Dr. King “had a dream”…

05Nov08

WOW! That’s really all I could say last night. I was unable to fully process the wonderful news. I was overwhelmed. America spoke. The people rose from their couches, went to the polls and voted in record numbers! Wow!

We spoke. We told Washington that we will no longer tolerate the archaic, white haired, white man ruling this nation with no reprieve. We not only wanted change, we demanded it. 

Two of my good friends and I used to spend hours sitting on my porch discussing race. Listening to their experiences both saddened and angered me. I never could comprehend how one individual could treat another so callously just because of skin color. Seriously. Hundreds of years of oppression, abuse, kidnapping, stealing, selling, misleading, sub-par education, “separate but equal” bullshit all because of skin color. 

Disgusting.

America should be ashamed of her history. The nation must repent for all its hatred. We need to begin healing. Barack Hussein Obama was not elected because he is a black man but because he is a wonderful man. An astute politician. The best person for the job. I believe he will be a magnificent catalyst for change that this country so desperately needs. 

  • “We cannot walk alone. And as we walk, we must make the pledge that we shall always march ahead. We cannot turn back.” The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Aug. 28, 1963

There is so much work to do, but after seeing the numbers last night, I think that America is up to the challenge…

For the first time in a very long time, I am quite pleased with my country, not satisfied, but pleased. 

 

  • “And when this happens, when we allow freedom ring, when we let it ring from every village and every hamlet, from every state and every city, we will be able to speed up that day when all of God’s children, black men and white men, Jews and Gentiles, Protestants and Catholics, will be able to join hands and sing in the words of the old Negro spiritual:

                Free at last! Free at last!
                Thank God Almighty, we are free at last!”  Rev. Dr. MLK Aug. 28, 1963

25 year ago, Dr. King had a dream, the election of Barack Obama brought Americans a step closer to fulfilling that dream.

until next time…



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  1. 1 criticallyyours on November 6, 2008 said:

    The evening left me breathless. I do have to say that going into Election Day, I was wary about the decision I would have to make at the polls later that evening. I knew what my decision would be: Voting for a man that has the undeniable capability to change the face of this nation by rallying the American people to move toward the possibilities of unyielding good. I was apprehensive about which way he could take this country. About the idea of the unchecked (in terms of opposing party hold) power that could run amok. But after Tuesday night — after seeing the hope that the people of this country have, the will they have to change and make things right once again — my fears are squelched. I am still skeptical, as is my nature, of what lies ahead in the coming years. But the one thing I can without question take away from this historic decision is that my fellow Americans once again care what is happening around them. They have proven that the apathy that has run rampant throughout the cities and towns of this incredible nation for the past decade has been done away with. They have proven the fire that many times before has shaped the face of America, is more ablaze than ever before. That gives me an complete and total sense of appreciation. I am an American, for better or worse, and now we have the chance to show the world what it means to be a patriot: by acknowledging our stumbles, apologizing for our falls and asking for the belief that we can make amends.

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  2. 2 lisakristine on November 7, 2008 said:

    Agreed. As Dr. King also said – “Peace is not the absence of tension, but the presence of justice.”

    And to some degree, I think that has happened. We are still walking forward…

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