President Barack Obama is now the most powerful man in the world. The millions of diverse Americans who voted for him and the millions of people at the inauguration yesterday reflect the new future of America. On the steps of the US Capital built by slaves to the White House built by slaves, there is a now a new truth. For those whites who are true Christians and true Americans who refused to vote for a Black man, hopefully you will truly embrace this new America?
For Black American's, it is now our responsibility to take full advantage of all America has to offer and demand the best of ourselves and our children. While I think President Barack Obama's inauguration speech was excellent and monumental, I was truly moved by the Reverend Joseph Lowery's benediction, who in essence said to America by reciting lines from the Negro National Anthem, racism has never been our (minorities) problem. We have always been willing to embrace you as our brother's keeper. God, through Obama's Presidency is now calling you to change your hearts and your actions and make America a country of inclusion. Black people throughout the world in white dominated countries hope that their countries too will be changed, by mirroring what's happening here in America.
American's of all nationalities and faiths voted for Barack Obama. He is now America's President. Do you think we will all finally work together?
It sounds like you're making whites out to be ignorant racist bigots. The percentage of Americans eligible to vote who are of white decent are at least 76.3% while the total non-black voters demographic is approximately 88%. If whites were truly as ignorant as you seem to imply in this article and have some form of 'supremacy' then the fact that Obama was voted into office alone is a lie. Obama would have had to gain a hefty amount of votes from the white population to have been elected so cleanly and in such a land-slide. So I ask you, if white supremacy truly exists, how did Obama get elected by a voting population comprised majorly of white voters who could have just as easily elected a white war veteran into office?
Race should have nothing to do with it. Whenever I am reading up on politics the second I see the word 'minority', 'race', 'black', 'white', etc. it just completely turns me off from the entire article/website. When I look at a person I see one race, the human race. We are all people and we are all human beings. Racism is a thing of the past and we should all just forget about it and moved forward. Moving forward is all we can do.
Posted by: Please. | September 01, 2011 at 10:43 PM
to forget about it would be the biggest mistake we could make. In order to insure it dosent happen again we must address it and find a way to move into a brighter tomorrow together
Posted by: ricco | January 11, 2013 at 07:23 AM
In 2012 Wells Fargo Bank was charging Blacks and Hispanics more for the same mortgage as Whites. Racism is alive and well institutionalized.
Posted by: Ghette | February 22, 2013 at 01:15 AM