Hope For Our World
A person could feel the energy shift on the day after Barack Obama won the U.S. presidency. There was a feeling of hope for our world in the air. I believe it was due to waking up to a new day where an African American man was president. Change on all levels seemed somehow now possible. The people who have always said that things will never change had to eat their words because change had clearly arrived. I could feel the goodwill flowing between people as I drove home that evening. Before the sun went down I snapped this picture to remind me of the rosy feeling that was echoed on the horizon that night. It was the way it ought to be everyday. Perhaps one day it might.
2008.11.27 My Comment:
I received a disturbing comment attacking this post and asking "Who cares what color the president is?" ETC. I will respond by saying the reason I find this to be a monumental event is because I grew in the early seventies being the only "brown" child in my school and town. People frequently referred and did think of me as "black" even though I am a mix of Indian and Scottish. It was a time when my brother and I wondered why there were no African American or Indian people in commercials (never mind running for the U.S. presidency). I have experienced the quiet subtle racism that can be just as sickening as the brash kind. For me and many others, this event is a victory for all races and an opportunity for the world to open it's mind to even more significant changes that it desperately needs to progress.
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