man, it's been a while...
Quite often (especially in the last 8 years), I find myself deeply embarassed by the actions and attitudes of the nation of my birth.
And then it goes and does something like it did yesterday.
If there is one thing that America does better than any other country in the world, it is reinventing itself. Turning the page on a chapter of history, acknowledging that things have gotten pretty fucking bad, and looking to the future without being mired in the past.
And honestly, I know I'm not the first to say it, but how incredible is it that in one generation we went from civil rights to a black man (and three black women and a new puppy) in the white house?
And to all the people out there who say Obama won because minorities voted for a minority. I say the more incredible thing is that nearly half the white people in a country with a long history of racism voted for a black candidate DESPITE the fact that he is black.
Woot.
And then it goes and does something like it did yesterday.
If there is one thing that America does better than any other country in the world, it is reinventing itself. Turning the page on a chapter of history, acknowledging that things have gotten pretty fucking bad, and looking to the future without being mired in the past.
And honestly, I know I'm not the first to say it, but how incredible is it that in one generation we went from civil rights to a black man (and three black women and a new puppy) in the white house?
And to all the people out there who say Obama won because minorities voted for a minority. I say the more incredible thing is that nearly half the white people in a country with a long history of racism voted for a black candidate DESPITE the fact that he is black.
Woot.