history-thought on Obama
my first memory of learning about Civil Rights was watching the Ernest Green story. He was a part of the Little Rock 9. That movie basically got me thinking. I remember watching the African American kids trying to go to school being yelled at, spat on, harassed. I watched in horror and cried. I cried because for the first time I saw or understood what hate was. My father who is a Jewish New Yorker came in to see what I was watching. I cried and I yelled, "Why do you white people do this?! What are you so afraid of?" he looked at me blankly, and didn't know how to respond. "Jujie,I'm Jewish, we had our own set of problem it wasn't just African American who dealt with hate, and not all white people hate people of other colors, and I don't know what scares them, all i can tell you is that it's getting better." I calmed down, and hoped my dad was right. Ten years later I was in college and knew that instead of crying about unjust things, I prob should do something. Faced with the reality of being gay, gay and a woman of color it was probs in my best interest. I majored in history and favored the history of the 1960's in the US and South/Central America. I've watched hundred of documentaries and films about civil rights, Native American, Latino/Chicano, African American, Women's, and GLBT....I guess I talk about this because to watch a group of people struggle and put all their hopes into one man was a challenge. So much history and so much blood sweat and tears has been going on for years to get to this moment.
Something about last night was amazing...It felt like a full circle, I felt the joy that those had had in the 60's for Bobby, I had for obama. It felt the opposite of 9/11 and I felt like everything was going to be okay again.I saw my African American, Latino, GLBT friends all come together and praise this election. Yes, partly because I live in the N.east, and on a a liberal campus.
Not everything will be amazing, it won't be easy but it's a start. I am happy I have been working with dif. political campaigns. I hope California finds justice soon. I cried when Obama recognized Gay Americans, and I hope he takes care of us. Regardless, we got ourselves our first Black president, pretty amazing and exciting to see people's reactions to this. I wish this feeling could last
Something about last night was amazing...It felt like a full circle, I felt the joy that those had had in the 60's for Bobby, I had for obama. It felt the opposite of 9/11 and I felt like everything was going to be okay again.I saw my African American, Latino, GLBT friends all come together and praise this election. Yes, partly because I live in the N.east, and on a a liberal campus.
Not everything will be amazing, it won't be easy but it's a start. I am happy I have been working with dif. political campaigns. I hope California finds justice soon. I cried when Obama recognized Gay Americans, and I hope he takes care of us. Regardless, we got ourselves our first Black president, pretty amazing and exciting to see people's reactions to this. I wish this feeling could last