Change

My thoughts this morning around the subject of change are excitement, nervousness, and concern with the outcome of how the country feels about this drastic change of having an African-American man being president. The feeling of excitement is for how far our country has come from slavery and racism to now having someone other than a white, protestant man running the country. It makes me think that some people of other races have a chance to run for president or for anything that they put their minds to.

I also feel nervousness this morning because of the fact that not many people are opened minded to what other people of different colors or races have to offer this country. For Barack Obama to have won the election last night was nerve wrecking because many people that I had spoken with thought even though they were going to vote for Obama they still felt that McCain was going to win the presidency. There is also the worry of if our country allows another person of a different race to run for president, what is the catch that nobody knows about? Since, Obama won the election earlier during his campaign there had been rumors of once he was elected, he would be assassinated within a couple of months during his presidency. I found it to be disturbing and worrisome because he is putting his life on the line for a country that he believes in and is fighting for what he believes is right to make a change in this country.

Concern runs all over me because yes, it’s a wonderful thing that our country has elected an official out of our statis quote. However, what is going to happened in the future as our president is doing his job? Will he actually keep to his word or be just like every other president that we have had in our country. Obama is a man of change and is a man of color. Many people don’ like the fact of having an African-American president for many reasons whether its the color of his skin or his ideologies. I have heard that if Obama were elected to be the next president of this country that the African-American community would rise. I think that this is something to celebrate because African-Americans have come a long way from their ancestry of slavery. This also gives an opportunity for many other cultures and races alike to come forward and join in with this time of change. It has been long awaited for many years by many individuals of this country.