As I was watching the news this morning(2 mornings ago),I became disgusted and aggravated.What brought on these feelings of pessimism you may ask? A segment on the '08 Presidential Race came on. The topic was in reference to the possibility of Barack becoming President, so some random reporter saw fit to poll random black people of their thoughts of Barack taking office. These persons of the same ethinic background as me, mind you, chose to make comments such as "America isn't ready for a Black president, I'd rather have Hillary in office,That sounds like a good idea, but it wont happen.". I became flabbergasted, as they voiced their opinions. I then had to remind myself, that these are these peoples views, they are entitled.
It would be nice for our people to unite, stick together, and have the Audacity of Hope (big up Obama). Sure, there has never been a President of the African heritage, but what about hope and optimism? Is that too much to ask for? At one point in history,water fountains were labled colored & white only, but somebody had the audacity of hope. Somebody took a chance, and something phenomenal happened....we were not isolated because of the hue of our skin.
I'm not oblivious to the fact that racism is alive and well.I'm not ignorant to the notion that this race would be a long and hard road for Mr.Obama, however, I am not giving up hope in the ideal that he can do it.Besides, anything worth having is worth working for!
GOD given optimism can rebuild what pessimism has torn down! Let's rebuild, restore and have some mustard seed faith, if nothing else!..
3 comments:
I agree. I think last week, one of our journals was abouth the race. And some African-American students even "voted" on Hilary. I thought black ppl couldn't wait to see a Black man/woman in office. I guess I was wrong. Or ppl just talk. Well, they always talking about who they want in office but they not voting.
Interesting view. Some AA people still to this day have that mentality of the slave. They were told, "you aren't good enough, you skin color isn't pretty because it's dark, you aren't smart enough, You can't be this or that because your black, etc.... I guess that's why some of our people feel that an AA can't be president....we are just not good enough, it's just not possible. But there is that one thing people need to be optimistic, to have faith, to break away from that mentality....THE WORD! ....with God all things are possible. And I mean all things! Even erasing that enslaved mentality, even having a black president in our day and age.
to me it's not that black and white (excuse the pun) but we're talking about 400 years of mental slavery and conditioning and while i don't want to go into a barrage of reasons as to the "why" i can say that i'm not too sure the "when" will come in my lifetime, society seems to be making steps backwards as opposed to forwards.
i am 26.
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