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November 05, 2008
The Dream
Tonight I am the proudest I have ever been...tonight I am proud to be an American. As a child of the sixties I hoped that I might live to see antique prejudices thrown out and the US to become a place where our children would "one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character." I hoped, I prayed, but I did not truly believe I would see any part of it in my life time. But tonight I have seen a glimmer that my hopes may not be as far away as I thought just yesterday. Today the American voters elected a liberal Black man to the highest office in the country...a man of my generation...the generation who were children when Dr. King spoke the words of the quote. After years of being ashamed of my country, ashamed of the rhetoric used of division and hate and the violent action of the sitting president it is a night of amazement and awe.
Posted by prolurkr at November 5, 2008 12:24 AM
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