It's About Time
Obama's win and short, successful ascension proves one thing: racism is not a strong force in this country. This is the America I always lived in, the way I have always conducted myself. Color of skin shouldn't matter one whit in anything. I didn't vote for Obama - I voted for Baldwin; I thought he had better ideas. But here's my point: Color was not the determining factor for me. Apparently, it wasn't either for the gross majority of Americans. After all, we did come out in record numbers, didn't we? Same goes for Clinton and Palin. Sexism isn't a buggerboo, either. Though these isms were clearly palpable when I was growing up, during That 70s Show, they were already shaking at the knees. It reminds me of when Run-DMC took Aerosmith's "Walk This Way" and issued the first recorded rap-rock fusion. Yes, it was groundbreaking. It was also inevitable.
I have been called naive, blind, cynical. I am none of these. Though I do have famously obvious personality quirks, I have kept the faith and maintained my idealism. If in one breath you argue that race shouldn't matter and in the very next breath you argue it should matter for any person "of color", you're the blind cynic. Martin Luther King, Jr, fought for a colorblind society. Hear that? Colorblind.
Nice to see that the country has finally caught up with his dream. After all, I've been a believer since the start.
I have been called naive, blind, cynical. I am none of these. Though I do have famously obvious personality quirks, I have kept the faith and maintained my idealism. If in one breath you argue that race shouldn't matter and in the very next breath you argue it should matter for any person "of color", you're the blind cynic. Martin Luther King, Jr, fought for a colorblind society. Hear that? Colorblind.
Nice to see that the country has finally caught up with his dream. After all, I've been a believer since the start.
