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It’s not the latest Will Smith film, an episode of The West Wing, or reruns of The Cosby Show, but this actually happened, just like in the movies.
Against all odds and probabilities, a black family has been catapulted into the greatest symbol of hope and prosperity in America and across the globe, and the world couldn’t be more pleased. With 52 percent of the popular vote, millions watched Obama beat McCain in the race for the White House and they cheered as a new chapter in history began. Who would have believed it in a film starring Morgan Freeman?
And, yes, Barack Obama does have an unenviable “In-Tray” waiting for his inauguration on Tuesday, January 20, 2009, but the world knows as well as I do that if he runs the Oval Office half as well as he handled his immaculate campaign, there will be no doubt as to who was the candidate best suited to takeover from a George W. Bush presidency.
Related Reading:
Barack Obama: An American Story
Yes We Can: A Biography of Barack Obama
Inspire a Nation: Barack Obama's Most Electrifying Speeches of the 2008 Election (International Edition): Includes Obama's Berlin Speech and Election Night Victory Speech
Great Speeches by African Americans: Frederick Douglass, Sojourner Truth, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Barack Obama, and Others (Dover Thrift Editions)
Dreams From My Father: A Story of Race and InheritancePopularity: 17% [?]
I am, apparently, old-fashioned because I still get offended by use of the N-word. I don’t care who you are or how you say it. I am still likely to smack you in the mouth at a mere whisper of the word. I certainly wouldn’t be teaching my children to use a term that still holds currency as a mark of their supposed inferiority. Maybe it has something to do with class - not to mention respect for self and others - that Oprah Winfrey, Barack Obama, and others I admire, refuse to engage with the word or those who use it.
Pedagogy of the Oppressed (Penguin education)
Better Day Coming: Blacks and Equality 1890-2000
The Colour of Home
Nigger
Skin I'm in (First Look at Books (Paperback))
