Now, I have no idea, but I guess I should post something here. Unfortunately, I was unable to vote due to work and I don't have a clue about absentee stuff and whatever...I live in a blue state and my vote means nothing.
Anywho, I don't understand why people care so much that it's "history." I mean, yeah there's meaning to having a black president and all, but at the same time, I'd rather choose someone who is going to be a good president, not a black president, or a female vice president. I also dislike that Bush got in for being a "devoted Catholic." In all these days of history, it seems like, people care more for the useless details than for what is really going to matter.
That also brings up one more thing to me. A number of people say I have no right to speak of any of this because I didn't vote. The last time I checked, I am in the USA and we have the freedom of speech. Everyone talks politics before the voting and my views don't change after...so how is my right to speak about politics denied or unjustified? I dunno. I really don't know why this post. Maybe it's cause of all the people on my MSN with "TODAY IS A DAY OF HISTORY" and I'm like "I just want to survive...I could care less if he's black."
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I hear yah, Kei. I could care less about our president's ethnicity. I just want positive results for our country's future.
Although I am looking forward to seeing what his term will bring.
I'm hoping for some economic reform, as well as exploring other sources of energy, other than fossil fuel.
The fact of the matter is, this IS history. It's an extremely important achievement in this country still torn by the myth of race. Whether or not you agree with Obama's politics, this is a milestone.
Ori, I really feel we will see real change now. We've got a President Elect who will have not only a strong Congress backing him but strong support in the populous as well. I think in the next few weeks, possibly even in the next few days we're going to see the "race" issue dropped and start looking into the man's policies. Seems he's already getting started on tackling the economic issue.
Thing is tho Jace is that we should care more about our president and who he is, not cause of race. Back some odd years ago I can see it as big, but nowadays things aren't the same. There are black leaders in other positions and athletes and so on, so it's not like a big surprise. I feel that nowadays anything that's labeled as the first this or that just means nothing cause there have been so many achievements already made by such people that it's just another thing. Like saying the first black first basemen in baseball when there have been so many people before him..so it just seems to make his victory seem...watered down cause it makes race sound like a huge deciding factor why we chose him when we shouldn't be doing that.
I agree that "race" shouldn't be the most important thing here. It doesn't factor in to my calculations and I think that's the same for a lot of people in our age group. I do think though, that this is an extremely significant achievement, I think it shows how far our nation has come, that maybe now we can actually start to abandon this antiquated notion of "race".
Yeaaah, but still, I don't see this as an achievement cause like I said, there is the first black this and that already so it's just old now and really doesn't seem surprising anymore in this day and age.
I see both ya's views. One is saying it SHOULDN'T matter to the voter OR the voted, but the other is saying that unfortunately, it does.
I completely agree with you, Kei. To some extent, in previous years, when other races may not have been *ahem* quite so well heard, this WOULD be a significant milestone, because his views and opinions would have preceded his ethnicity. The fact that he is black would, more than likely, been against him. Now, it seems like his race is in his favour, when in fact every politician seems to be trying SO HARD to make everything equal and politically correct that they would be hypocrites to allow his race to be a deciding factor here.
Anyone else thinking of Animal Farm...?
...hee hee...Animal Farm. I remember that book.
I agree that race or ethnicity shouldn't determine your value, and that I could care less what race of religious affiliation my president is as long as he does a good job. But just 50 years ago, most people didn't think that way. I'm not saying Obama should've gotten elected because he's black... I'm saying he got elected in DESPITE OF the fact that he's black. Did you happen to notice all the negative slurs going around during the election, by any chance? All the shoutings of "HE'S A TERROIST!" and "Kill that n-gga!" at many McCain/Palin rallies? Race was so important in this election because our country has such a long history of racism, and it still does to some degree. As a minority myself, this election was monumental in showing us that we are much closer to leaving behind the hatred of the past and moving toward change. That's all I could ask for; even if Obama hadn't won, I would've been happy to just say he was nominated.
Harri: I don't agree with that... a lot of people were lying about voting for McCain, when they really went for Obama. People were scared about voting for such a controversial figure because they thought they'd be ridiculed by their family and friends... I definitely don't think his race put him 'in favor'. Maybe there were idiots who decided to vote for Obama just because he's black, but a lot of people still voted for him because they thought he could significantly change things for the better.
By the way, hi everyone. =P
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