
"Your victory has demonstrated that no person anywhere in the world should not dare to dream of wanting to change the world for a better place." — Nelson Mandela, South Africa's first black president.
On Tuesday night, Barack Obama was elected to be the next president of the United States. This article isn't about, what his administration will do, why I believe he was the most appropriate candidate,or how I feel about republican ideals. It's about change.
We all know this has been Obama's key word throughout the election, but I'm not talking about his campaign. I'm talking about the change, our country has just enacted. The United States of America, abolished slavery only 143 years ago,placed Japanese- Americans in internment camps until about 63 years ago, and supported segregated schooling for African American and Caucasian students up to 53 years ago. The same country, our country just elected a Kenyan, English, Irish Man to be president.
This is a miracle. Wether you voted for Obama or McCain, regardless of your race, religion or gender this is miraculous. Obama's election is the ultimate, story of hope. Not because Obama personally, thats another topic in an of itself, because of humanity. Despite what television, the news and sometimes our own brains tell us, people have shown again that they have the ability to make change, that they cannot be held down, and they should not be underestimated. Young people, Latinos, and African Americans voted in record numbers this election, and proved that they do care about our government. Americans have overcome oppression, and expanded their thinking enough to accept a person who doesn't fit the image of every other president we've had. Change isn't coming, it's here. If the population of our country has evolved so quickly from where we once were in our thinking, and action,the question to ask yourself is, What can't we accomplish?
Nothing Is impossible.
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2 comments:
Very inspiring! It's funny; the first "Broadcaster" came out last week and I was thinking that your graduation was a real loss in terms of that paper's quality.
Glad I can read you again!
Grace I love your blog! Your pages are really pretty and your commentaries are awsome! We all miss you at Mock Trial by the way. I hope everything is going well! I'll talk to you soon
Danielle
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