This Country Still Hangs On to Race.......
Hmmm, I can see and understand the gripe from some individuals. It is a moment in history that many thought would never come. It is a day that many people still think is surreal. It is a day that some people wish was not happening.
For those of you that say "he is just another president" and/or "whats the big deal"......this is an exception to the past. Why? Simple, he is not white. This election has been about race. Qualified man of color was in the presidental race with a Qualified white man. VERY DIFFERENT. The people who disagreed with that notion were the same ones that called Obama a POS, or worse. Deeply rooted feelings of past racial anger fuel much of the fear that is in many Americans. You all have to understand that 50 years was NOT a long time ago. Realize that many teens/adults from that era were taught to fear white and hate blacks. When Obama started this journey, it was about race from the beginning. People who didn't know him were confused. He is not a Colin Powell, Condelezza Rice, Andrew Young, Jesse Jackson or Al Sharpton; familiar faces in America.
Celebrate the moment for the country as a whole. Sure everyone partied when he announced he was running, we he defeated Hilary, and when he defeated McCain. So what if the inauguration is in schools. It should be in schools and gov't should be openly discussed throughout grade school. I think people should be forced to acheive at least a "B" in the subjects of U.S. history, political science, and world history. A well structured curriculum would open the eyes to the evolution of our country. I am happy for America; this stepping stone is progressing us forward. You gotta give a little, to gain a lot.
RedGT: If everyone in this country could be trusted with their own path to education, we would be setting the biggest Failboat out to sail. Interest past the school teachings will yield our big thinkers and innovaters.
Special Attention to PSINXS: YES, the subject of a black president has casued a racial uproar. Despite all the other things that should supercede this moment, this takes the cake? Hardly the case! Not mindless lynching, not a case of discrimination, not another case of civil unjust. A man of color being elected President of this country caused the BIGGEST racial MESS? Look at Martin Luther King Jr., what he did, what he went through, and how his life was taken. That is a moment that caused lots of uproar. You say Obama is garbage, why? No one cares that you are black.....doesn't matter, but since you did bring it up, are you angry that he ran AND was elected for President? Your post left lots of gray....makes you seem like you wish that the President was just white to keep things calm. America is a constantly evolving country. When change occurs people are fearful because it deviates from the norm.
Append: If Obama is a bad President, we still have progressed as a country in some capacity.
To the OP: I want my can of Game Fuel
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