As a white, American born, female of Irish and Cherokee descent, I am living in what may be the biggest period of change for my country. At 24, I have been able to vote in 2 presidential elections, and on November 4 I cast my vote for our first non-white president. And on January 20 I stood in a room with four year olds and ironically watched him sworn in on a black and white tv.
I think that it is more important that our 44th president is of mixed race, not that he is “black”. As our country moves forward and breaks down the barriers that have plagued us for hundreds of years, something as taboo as a white woman and a black man together is starting to be re-examined.
I don’t expect Obama to change the whole world in the next four years but I am hoping that he will inspire changes that each American can take to heart and explore and expand upon them. But what is great about this is, is that Obama’s reach goes beyond just the United States, it reaches parts of the world you would never expect.
While this is a time of great change and possibility it is also a time of high anxiety. Sometimes I feel like this is 1959 instead of 2009. Have you seen the specks on this beast of a car he drives around in? It is able to deal with rocket launchers. Like really why is it that people are so afraid of change that they could possibly be launching rockets at a simple man who loves basketball and his blackberry and has taken this broken country into his hand in the hopes that he can fix the mess.
For the first time I am proud to be an American, I don’t want to walk around with an accent, pretending that I am off the boat from Ireland.
Obama gives me hope.
Hi my name is Pipi from The Lubricious Menagerie of Pipi the Nefarious and today, I was your guest blogger!
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I think it’s lovely how he’s given hope to everyone. Great post, Pipi!
let’s hope he stays alive the next four years
Obama has a lot of expectations on his shoulders from all corners of the world. Living in the Middle East I hear hundreds of people saying how they’ve extracted hope from Obama.
It’s nice to hear someone on that side of the world give their little story and hear how it helps them. Great post! Will be following you!
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I see Obama’s election as the “man on the moon” moment for our generation. If you have read his books, then it’s easy to see that his demeanor is not surprising, and if you look at it deeper – you can see the efforts of his family have had a great effect on him; let’s not forget that he is from a broken family, but at the end of the day, it is each individuals’ belief which takes him places.
I think the folks across the pond needed change. There is a guy in office now who can get that ball rolling, but give the man a chance… it’s gonna be a very very long journey!
Even across the ocean we were so hyped when the elections were happening, i knew more about what was happening over there then in the uk. Everyone’s expecting big changes, and as biscuit says it is the “man of the moon” moment.
Awesome post!
I think we’re all expecting changes…and yes, all around the world.
Oh, you have to be proud of being American, but not only because of him, but because that’s the country in which you were born!
We Argentinians are not well seen all around the world…but well…’tis my country after all
lol @ “I don’t want to walk around with an accent.” It’s so bizarre, what you pointed out about the specs on his car. And how sad that the Secret Service had to take the car apart and put it back together again, in case it was bugged. We’re in a world where we can’t even trust anything locally made?! Ugh.
Here’s to change…one day at a time.