As I lay in bed early this morning I contemplated what Barack as president, an African-American male would mean to African-American youth, thanks to White America. These are the thoughts that came to me:
1) African-Americans could no longer pull the race card as an immediate defense.
2) I believe we would start to see a decline in the gang-banging mentality among African-American youth, females included.
3) Single moms (black and white) would have a role model for their African-American children to look up to.
4) African-American youth would be inspired to finish at least high school, if not college.
5) African-American males would be challenged to consummate their manhood in a monogamous relationship as opposed to being someone's "baby's daddy".
6) African-American youth would be challenged to end and lower the rates of teenage pregnancy, HIV/AIDS, under and unemployment, poverty, crime, drug, alcohol and s*xual abuse, and racism towards ourselves and whites.
7) African-American youth would be challenged to think and work with non-blacks on ways we can creatively find solutions to global warming, use our natural resources more responsibly to harness energy, lower gas emissions and use technology to produce more efficient crops, cars and jobs for all Americans.
I want to personally thank the thousands, if not millions of White Americans that voted for and will vote for Barack. I want to thank those who put aside Barack's race and saw as Dr. King insisted that we must do, the content of Barack's character, his judgement when faced with opposition and his hope for America.
Change does come from the bottom up and the annals of history will record that your judgement was right in choosing not a African-American or a man, but a person of character that wants to bring about a positive change for all Americans and the world. I truly believe we can all be Winners at life when we lay aside our differences and embrace what makes us stronger as a nation.
Stay Blessed!
Joyce
(video from youtube.com spookytom
Posted By: C. Joyce Farrar-Rosemon
Saturday, July 12th 2008 at 8:43AM
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