SO FAR, I HAVE NOT SEEN SO MUCH CHANGE BETWEEN RACES, BUT WITH THE FAITH WE HAVE ON THE NEW PRESIDENT, I'M SURE EVERYTHING WILL BE BETTER IN THE YEARS TO COME FOR ALL. BESIDES, DISCRIMINATION IS SOMETHING FROM THE PAST.
I agree..Although I have seen obamas supportors stickers on peoples car and they are different race mainly I see alot of whites supporters as well. I truelly think that obama will bring change to all Americans regardless of race.
YES! SINCE THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION I EVERYONE SEEMS TO BE ON KLOUD NINE.I SENSE THAT EVERYONE IS EXPECTING FOR DRASTIC CHANGE ALMOST IMMEDIATLEY.REMEMBERPEOPLE DONT LIKE CHANGE
I think we fisrt need to do what Rosanne Cash said “The key to change... is to let go of fear.” Once we let go the fear everything else is going to be easy!
I believe the election of Barack Obama has brought a new sense of hope to all of America. When people are hopeful, it opens the doors to everyone thinking about new possibilities for themselves, for each other, and for our country. Discrimination should be in the past, but, sadly, it is still all too common. Let's hope this new era will move our country closer to respect and equal treatment of all Americans.
I think it's great that we have Obama as our president because it makes us, the minorities, feel important and respected in this country. After all these decades of fighting for equal and civil rights, I feel that we are getting closer to accepting people of different ethnicities, color and gender. After all, we elected an African American president and had a few female candidates. This shows me that we as a country are becoming more open-minded.
Personally, this election has hit home. Not so much in regards to race, but more in regards to being a child of single mom. He is a great example for those kids in our communities that are from single parent households and can give them, as he always said, hope. It is possible! You can do! Don't let being a child of a single parent be your stumbling block! I think that aside from promoting racial empowerment, as a community, we should promote the empowerment of those single parent kids.
I know, I truelly was amazed of his life story. I truelly believe that if anyone wants to succeed in life he or she can..obama did it..SI SE PUEDE (yes we can)
I haven’t seen or experienced any change between races. I agree with Lucky, and believe this election has given America a new sense of hope; in reviving the American Dream. “ I have a dream that my four children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character," said Martin Luther King Jr. But the truth is that so-called colorblindness is impossible. People should seek balance instead of making race neither smaller than it is nor larger. Because race is neither a defining facet, nor a demeaning facet, of individual identity. It's a facet, period. Unfortunately, much of what passes for racial dialogue in this country is the chatter of two extremes: the Afro centric-to-the-point-of-paranoia one that says race matters always, and the ''colorblind'' one that says it matters never. That's a false dichotomy. Race matters when it matters, and it doesn't when it doesn’t. So there's no need to reconcile what I said about color with what King said, because there is no dissonance. He didn't say avoid color, ignore color, pretend it doesn't exist. The key to what he said lies in four words; “Not be judged by.''.
As some of you know, I didn't have a television for years and now I have one again. Last night after reading papers I found myself watching Johnny Mathis on Public Television. I saw Nat King Cole for a second, too. I know this might sound funny, but in this flashback, I realized that I didn't think of them as distinct and different races or as representatives of races or anything like that. They were simply very special people, incredibly talented, totally dreamy like other great singers. I don't even think I would have thought twice if someone told me Johnny Mathis had a gentleman friend. Now maybe that's because the few blacks we got to see were celebrities and supremely talented. They were just in a pack of Hollywood people. Or Detroiters. Aretha Franklin? She wasn't ... black (to me)... she was Aretha Franklin. Etc. I thought every Hollywood person was distinct and wonderful. I didn't think "Rochester" was any less worthy or less in any way than "Jack Benny" - they were two men, playing roles. The two little girls in that Lana Turner movie were TOTALLY equal in my eyes; I couldn't possibly see it in any other way. In a strange way, though discrimination was actually still legal, the dire consequences of its were out-of-sight for most of us. Hence, there was a color-blindness and people whom you did see were just people. 99% of blacks were out of sight from whites. Great singers and actresses and actors and so forth were simply great individuals. It took decades for us to see each other more clearly. LBJ's "Great Society", television shows, and much later 24 hour news cycles and Katrina and then Obama brought color and "the color line" as DuBois calls it into much different relief. In "Crash" it's very interesting how Sondra Bullock's best friend is her "maid." It is hard to interpret history and get other people's motives or visions straight because go back a decade or two and people are seeing the whole world with prismatic glasses which are vastly different.
SO FAR, I HAVE NOT SEEN SO MUCH CHANGE BETWEEN RACES, BUT WITH THE FAITH WE HAVE ON THE NEW PRESIDENT, I'M SURE EVERYTHING WILL BE BETTER IN THE YEARS TO COME FOR ALL. BESIDES, DISCRIMINATION IS SOMETHING FROM THE PAST.
ReplyDeleteI agree..Although I have seen obamas supportors stickers on peoples car and they are different race mainly I see alot of whites supporters as well. I truelly think that obama will bring change to all Americans regardless of race.
ReplyDeleteYES! SINCE THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION I EVERYONE SEEMS TO BE ON KLOUD NINE.I SENSE THAT EVERYONE IS EXPECTING FOR DRASTIC CHANGE ALMOST IMMEDIATLEY.REMEMBERPEOPLE DONT LIKE CHANGE
ReplyDeleteI think we fisrt need to do what Rosanne Cash said “The key to change... is to let go of fear.” Once we let go the fear everything else is going to be easy!
ReplyDeleteI believe the election of Barack Obama has brought a new sense of hope to all of America. When people are hopeful, it opens the doors to everyone thinking about new possibilities for themselves, for each other, and for our country. Discrimination should be in the past, but, sadly, it is still all too common. Let's hope this new era will move our country closer to respect and equal treatment of all Americans.
ReplyDeleteI think it's great that we have Obama as our president because it makes us, the minorities, feel important and respected in this country. After all these decades of fighting for equal and civil rights, I feel that we are getting closer to accepting people of different ethnicities, color and gender. After all, we elected an African American president and had a few female candidates. This shows me that we as a country are becoming more open-minded.
ReplyDeleteI have not seen a change yet. I think it is still to soon to say whether or not things have changed. I do believe that change will come in the future.
ReplyDeletepinkdaizy: i like the daizy way. we are becoming more open minded.
ReplyDeletePersonally, this election has hit home. Not so much in regards to race, but more in regards to being a child of single mom. He is a great example for those kids in our communities that are from single parent households and can give them, as he always said, hope. It is possible! You can do! Don't let being a child of a single parent be your stumbling block! I think that aside from promoting racial empowerment, as a community, we should promote the empowerment of those single parent kids.
ReplyDeleteI know, I truelly was amazed of his life story. I truelly believe that if anyone wants to succeed in life he or she can..obama did it..SI SE PUEDE (yes we can)
ReplyDeleteI haven’t seen or experienced any change between races. I agree with Lucky, and believe this election has given America a new sense of hope; in reviving the American Dream.
ReplyDelete“ I have a dream that my four children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character," said Martin Luther King Jr. But the truth is that so-called colorblindness is impossible. People should seek balance instead of making race neither smaller than it is nor larger. Because race is neither a defining facet, nor a demeaning facet, of individual identity. It's a facet, period. Unfortunately, much of what passes for racial dialogue in this country is the chatter of two extremes: the Afro centric-to-the-point-of-paranoia one that says race matters always, and the ''colorblind'' one that says it matters never. That's a false dichotomy. Race matters when it matters, and it doesn't when it doesn’t. So there's no need to reconcile what I said about color with what King said, because there is no dissonance. He didn't say avoid color, ignore color, pretend it doesn't exist. The key to what he said lies in four words; “Not be judged by.''.
As some of you know, I didn't have a television for years and now I have one again. Last night after reading papers I found myself watching Johnny Mathis on Public Television. I saw Nat King Cole for a second, too. I know this might sound funny, but in this flashback, I realized that I didn't think of them as distinct and different races or as representatives of races or anything like that. They were simply very special people, incredibly talented, totally dreamy like other great singers. I don't even think I would have thought twice if someone told me Johnny Mathis had a gentleman friend. Now maybe that's because the few blacks we got to see were celebrities and supremely talented. They were just in a pack of Hollywood people. Or Detroiters. Aretha Franklin? She wasn't ... black (to me)... she was Aretha Franklin. Etc. I thought every Hollywood person was distinct and wonderful. I didn't think "Rochester" was any less worthy or less in any way than "Jack Benny" - they were two men, playing roles. The two little girls in that Lana Turner movie were TOTALLY equal in my eyes; I couldn't possibly see it in any other way. In a strange way, though discrimination was actually still legal, the dire consequences of its were out-of-sight for most of us. Hence, there was a color-blindness and people whom you did see were just people. 99% of blacks were out of sight from whites. Great singers and actresses and actors and so forth were simply great individuals. It took decades for us to see each other more clearly. LBJ's "Great Society", television shows, and much later 24 hour news cycles and Katrina and then Obama brought color and "the color line" as DuBois calls it into much different relief. In "Crash" it's very interesting how Sondra Bullock's best friend is her "maid." It is hard to interpret history and get other people's motives or visions straight because go back a decade or two and people are seeing the whole world with prismatic glasses which are vastly different.
ReplyDelete