Never in my lifetime did I imagine I’d ever see a U.S. President of color. Though I voted for Barack, my sense of cynicism kept whispering to me that the powers that be would never allow such a thing to happen. I reminded myself constantly of the fiasco of the 2000 Presidential election and braced myself for a repeat in this election, but was shocked to see that Obama was far in the lead in both electoral and popular votes.
In this multiracial, multicultural nation which treats its minorities better than any other nation I could think of (and the Obama Presidency is proof!), I cannot think of a better representative for the United States than this biracial son of a white American woman and a Kenyan man. It does annoy me a bit when Obama is referred to in the media as “African-American” because I do agree with Debra J. Dickerson’s claim that Barack Obama is not African-American or black. As a person of mixed race myself, I look up to Obama, who is by no means the stereotypical “tragic mulatto” but rather an American who rarely considers himself anything beyond that. His genetic makeup alone is an inspiration for Americans to acknowledge our nation’s original motto, “E Pluribus Unum” (Latin for “Out of Many, One) and put our differences aside as we pick up the pieces of our divided nation shattered by partisan squabbling. (more…)
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