Today is truly a historic day in our country timeline. Barack Obama has been elected the 44th President of the United States of America. He is the first African-American person to ever been elected to the position and from the outset he preached change and this is the fruition.
He also pleaded with the people that he cannot change the country on his own, he needed the help of the people. He needed their votes, their support, and their hard work to spread the hope of change and unity nationwide. When it looked like a presidential victory or even a nomination seemed so unlikely and far in the distance he assuaged us with chants of, “Yes we can!” When Obama came under attack by false claims about his character and it looked like people might not want to vote a black man into office he urged us, “Yes we can!” And after months of campaigning, traveling, speaking, and asking us to help him bring hope and change to this country we finally answered, “Yes we will.” Now he’s the first minority President in American history.
Thousands of people fled to Grant Park in Chicago where Obama held his victory rally. And millions more watched around the world including in Kenya, where his father is originally from. He paraphrased words of Martin Luther King Jr. and he spoke of healing our divided nation. He asked for the people who didn’t support him to help him because he will be their president also. People in the audience were in tears not because of sadness and maybe not because of joy either. It was maybe because this is a revolutionary step in this country’s progress. Not long ago colored people and white people could not associate themselves with each other. It has been a struggle for equal rights and it has been a fight for i to climb the social ladder. Well on this night a minority climbed to the highest rung in this country’s ladder. There’s no sweeter sight that that for all of the dreamers out there.
Peace, joy, change, hope, and unity. Can this country have it all at once?
Yes we can. Yes we will.
