It's now one year since that Histric Election Night of the United States Of America's, first "Black" President...
The roars and jubilance of all race's, share in the Element of Change this Nation never experienced in it's History. African Americans, pretty much in shock of joy throughout communities in every, nook & cranny of this Nation! Many, including myself/wife, stood in long lines, I mean "in long lines" at polling stations to cast their prescious vote, young & old, turned out in record numbers. For some, it was the first time voting in an election... Voter registration drives sprang up the moment, Barack Obama anounced his canadacy for president of the United States... For the life of me, as much as I've been in Chicago Illinois, I'd never heard any one, speak of the Senator then Obama. While living in Milwaukee from 2004-2006 I'd go to Chicago regularly... Plus I've kept close abreast of such activities, news wise on the political scene... Anyway Obama was a total surprise for many African Americans, period. At any rate, like Americans every where , even over sea's, kept their televisions, radio's, and Internet tuned to any news up dates, in regard to Obama's activities as he cris-cross the Nation... Myself, I tried to find as much info. about him that I could, reading his books and info. from the opposition included.
I knew from the dealings of the other, two, two term Presidents. That Barack Obama, were he to win, would have a "Mess" on his hands... In other words (a clean up JOB!); "Janitorial" President so to speak...
Think about it? For centuries, African Americans (blacks) endured slavery, share chroping, meanial labor, and inferior Education. For many, even if you had an education, about the only employment you would attain would be; a cook, steward, butler, pullman porter, grave digger, or the likes of a janitor...
So simbolically for the first time we have one of the most articulate, eloquent, well spoken Presidents in History & he has to come in on the "Clean Up" Tip (attitude). Boy, do we know that well!...
The strategy, would have applied to any incoming, official, other than an "Republican" who could have continued the policies of the out going Administration! The iorny of it all, was, it was'nt as if they did'nt know who was in the running on the Demacratic Ticket! A white Female & a Black Male, this shook the "Racist" tree!
Hillary Clinton "ROCKED" rallying the foundation of the "Femenist Movement"... Obama, the sweet dream come true out of a "nightmare" of centries, of civil slumber for the Black Man of America... The senario, an irony in & of itself, at that. Afirmative Action played out at the Highest level, where it originated. In the corridors of, "Political Clubhouse" Of The, "I'm Privilaged Bratz's", Of America... A Black Man, A White Woman, jocking for the top seat in the Corporation. So, just as it played out in the Urban sprawls, of the "Black Masses", for Decades.
It's befitting that a Black Man, Yes, a Brother, to get the "JOB"...! However, The Joke is; "It's just like a black man, to end up in "Public Housing & have a Janitorial Job!"... It's a simbolic jesture for those who can ("read B-tween, the lines") truly. A sign that a page in History has indeed turn & change is imenate...
Are we seeing closure?
Has the Dream arrived?
Only G-d can Answer that question... Still only you can seek the answers out! But for most of us, going to work is usually in order, after a good nights sleep, a good dream, to keep my comfort going in "reality"...
It's going to take work! The "House" has to be cleaned up and that's the job of everyone, and sometimes we have to call the "Janitor" a professional to aid in the clean up, of such a huge Mess...
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