*historic moment, shrug*
I am glad that african americans are celebrating Obama's run as democratic nominee and while it might make some democrats in conservative districts a bit wary, it is natural.
I would be a lot more worried if black people did not get excited about Obama. There is something creepy about constituancies who don't support the candidate that they should be most into, as it generally means there is something very wrong with the candidate. To be fair, older people are a lot more hung up on the racial issue then younger people of any color. It is just there are a lot of old people in this country who should be expected to be excited about the progress they have made and it would leave a void if they were not excited. If they were not excited I would want to know why.
Maybe this will even help some dissasociated youths get tied into the big picture, here's hoping common knowledge gets updated for this century.
And: I personally prefer it when smart people are brought to the forefront of a cause / interest, because if smart people aren't out there leading we have to deal with morons. If there is a demand for some political end, someone is either satisfying it, or trying to make money off of it, and I'd rather have statesmen up there then less savory politicians.
I would be a lot more worried if black people did not get excited about Obama. There is something creepy about constituancies who don't support the candidate that they should be most into, as it generally means there is something very wrong with the candidate. To be fair, older people are a lot more hung up on the racial issue then younger people of any color. It is just there are a lot of old people in this country who should be expected to be excited about the progress they have made and it would leave a void if they were not excited. If they were not excited I would want to know why.
Maybe this will even help some dissasociated youths get tied into the big picture, here's hoping common knowledge gets updated for this century.
And: I personally prefer it when smart people are brought to the forefront of a cause / interest, because if smart people aren't out there leading we have to deal with morons. If there is a demand for some political end, someone is either satisfying it, or trying to make money off of it, and I'd rather have statesmen up there then less savory politicians.