Tuesday, November 25, 2008

I Feel the Same way

This guy is rethinking America. I'll bet he's not the only one:

"As a black nationalist, I have considered myself an American only as a technicality or an accident of birth. I’ve never hoisted the red, white and blue, only the red, black and green. I gave up on the American dream a longtime ago. I have worked and looked forward to autonomy and self-determination in our communities. I never imagined that I would live long enough to see an African-American president. I never even believed that I would live to see a black Miss America. But America fooled me! Even as I predicted an Obama nomination and then a presidential win, the reality of what happened on Nov. 4 still has me totally stunned."

3 comments:

  1. Unrelated to this post -- I loved the GnR riffage, wherever it went. Make sure you read Jon Pareles' rip of the record in last Sunday's NYT.

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