LAST EDITED ON Nov-05-08 AT 05:40PM (MST)[p]>I am neither black or white
>- I am Hispanic.
>I will not pretend to
>know what some black/white folks
>have gone through in the
>past etc, but I do
>know from friends who are
>black that this is a
>"special time in history" with
>special meaning. I do
>not want to get into
>the race thing that you
>hear: blacks have been treated
>unfairly or that they get
>special treatment or that whites
>get the short end because
>of this..etc.....
>
>Look.. things may be getting too
>blown out of proportion because
>he is black (or half
>black), but I was just
>saying that it is a
>historical event (at this point
>in time). Heck maybe
>in 8 yrs a women
>will get elected President and
>again we will be calling
>it a "Historical Event"
>for the reason of gender.
>
>
>What I am trying to say
>did not come out right..sorry.
> Anyway, Congrats to Obama
>for being elected and I
>pray that he and his
>family remain safe and out
>of harms way.
Thanks. Just some advice, don't call yourself an Latin American, Hispanic American or whatever (i am not saying you do) but call yourself an "American" and be proud to be an American first above all.
Racism will never die as long until the minorities of this country remove the double standard (pushing Jesse Jackson off a cliff would help too) and realize ALL of our forefathers were persecuted by someone in history and unless we were persecuted ourselves we need to let it die. We cannot move forward until we leave the past behind. Blacks in the US are great at keeping the race card alive and use it as an excuse for their own lack of ambition to accell in our world. Now that a guy with dark skin (even though he half white) is the highest level in the country I hope they will lose the excuse that anyone is keeping them down. Even more I hope this same half black guy encourages the blacks to do the same but I doubt he will, and if he did my guess is they will shun him the way they did to Bill Cosby for speaking out to the black community to clean up their own act.
Time will tell and I will give Obama the benefit of doubt but will cut him no slack when he fuggs up.
First thing is first, he needs to prove to me he is interested in enforcing laws made by the people for the people. He can start with this and I will give him total respect instantly but I doubt he will enforce this law....