November 4, 2008 will forever be remembered as a historical moment in the United States of America. I believe it is another day when America truly lived up to her potential. Another ceiling has been cracked and the people have spoken. In The Souls of Black Folk, W.E.B. Dubois said, “The problem of the 20th century is the problem of the color line.” This is the 21st century and racial problems persist. And like many African Americans, I believed that pervasive institutionalized racism would continue to keep progress and upward mobility out of our grasps. Yesterday, however, I do believe America showed the world that she can stand for something other than prejudice, discrimination, greed, pre-emptive wars, and hypocrisies. Despite all the obstacles that one’s race may present, one can rise to the challenge; Barack Obama rose to the challenge and captured the highest office in the nation. He is the first African-American/bi-racial President Elect of the United States. This is a great moment. One that none of us should soon forget.
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