bonoz
War Child
I was just as excited and relieved as anyone when I found out our next president was going to be Obama. I thought to myself that he was definitely well qualified, very smart, intelligent, well spoken, eloquent, charismatic, seems to possess great leadership qualities, and out of the two candidates he certainly was an advocate for change. I voted for him. And those were some of the reasons why.
However, I never saw race as an issue. I didn't look at him and say that he's black so I won't vote for him, or I didn't say he's black so I will vote for him. I know they're calling this election historic because America went from beating down and enslaving black people to electing one as their president in a matter of 300 years? That's great. Exciting time to be alive. But does anyone feel it's being overplayed? people crying and getting so emotional over it? I heard Obama's speech and not once did he highlight his race or this issue of America overcoming the barrier of giving black people importance. But, many people did.
People are saying that finally black people can be considered equal; seriously? did it really warrant a black president to make people believe that maybe racism is finally over? sure it's not completely gone and it's one of those things that can never go away as long as people have their vision but I just don't think people should make this too big of a deal because to me that's racist. Is it racist if it's a negative thing only? the entire media is on about how he's black black and black; if say we had a white president and everyone was going on about him being white would that be racist? I know I would be offended and ticked. Why can't we forget the past, forget what colour we are, forget what religion we are, and realise that we're all human and there's no score to settle or no point to prove?
I just get the feeling that some people are happy that our new president is black. Well me, I don't care if he is black, white, yellow, blue, or brown? what I do care is that he's a great man, a great leader, a smart politician, and well suited to lead the country; that's what I am happy about. Would much rather have a well qualified woman as president than a white man or a black man who isn't.
If anyone's wondering.. I'm not white. I'm not trying to flame black people or any other people for that matter. Just ticked off at everyone making RACE such a huge deal. For once it would be nice to just focus on the facts and get on with it.
However, I never saw race as an issue. I didn't look at him and say that he's black so I won't vote for him, or I didn't say he's black so I will vote for him. I know they're calling this election historic because America went from beating down and enslaving black people to electing one as their president in a matter of 300 years? That's great. Exciting time to be alive. But does anyone feel it's being overplayed? people crying and getting so emotional over it? I heard Obama's speech and not once did he highlight his race or this issue of America overcoming the barrier of giving black people importance. But, many people did.
People are saying that finally black people can be considered equal; seriously? did it really warrant a black president to make people believe that maybe racism is finally over? sure it's not completely gone and it's one of those things that can never go away as long as people have their vision but I just don't think people should make this too big of a deal because to me that's racist. Is it racist if it's a negative thing only? the entire media is on about how he's black black and black; if say we had a white president and everyone was going on about him being white would that be racist? I know I would be offended and ticked. Why can't we forget the past, forget what colour we are, forget what religion we are, and realise that we're all human and there's no score to settle or no point to prove?
I just get the feeling that some people are happy that our new president is black. Well me, I don't care if he is black, white, yellow, blue, or brown? what I do care is that he's a great man, a great leader, a smart politician, and well suited to lead the country; that's what I am happy about. Would much rather have a well qualified woman as president than a white man or a black man who isn't.
If anyone's wondering.. I'm not white. I'm not trying to flame black people or any other people for that matter. Just ticked off at everyone making RACE such a huge deal. For once it would be nice to just focus on the facts and get on with it.