MAJOR EDIT: Oh no, stop the presses, gotta make some changes in the last post before NYC.
As everybody has probably heard, I will be on a sabbatical to Upper East Side Manhattan for the next few weeks (it would be great to not come back!). I wanted to post a mini-reflection on this historic moment since my blog will be morphing into an NYC journal within the next 2 days.
I am very proud of Barack Obama on this historic evening. All politics aside, it is so moving to see an African-American (fellow bi-racial, woohoo!) take the highest office in the country. Hold fast to dreams….
On this day I also celebrate the members of my own family, from my great great grandmother who was born into slavery to my father and his siblings who often marched for freedom. It is their victory too.
With that being said, I was deeply deeply deeply saddended to learn that Prop 8 passed in California along with a host of other anti gay measures across the country. It’s amazing to see how far we have come as a country and how far we have to go. I hope in my lifetime I will truly be able to witness equality for ALL in this country.
To those who don’t think racism is still alive in this country, I invite you to take a look at my Facebook account. Some of the status messages and wall posts that I saw last night shocked me.
We still have a lot of work to do.
NOW, time to get cracking and leave Maryland behind for awhile!
