My Take On The Obama Experience

I remember for a long period of time where I constantly asked the question…exactly, what did Martin Luther King do? I remember how it was always said he and the Civil Rights Act go hand in hand. But I always questioned the country, our country, that needed an act to uphold the law. So the law is in the books? Racial discrimination is in the books? So the question is why did we ever need an act? We didn’t, so MLK is not as important as we thought he was. Then there are the community organizations he worked with. There are the many people whom had had enough of the racism, not of race. He represented something, the possibilities.

You know what I mean, the moment the dream is no longer the slogan, but the goal. Where in 2004, a keynote address gave America a alarm call, I believe someone can back me when I say right after that I made a couple of phone calls and said “you just saw the next president”. That’s right, “the next president”, he wanted an America that has said one thing, but history clearly follows another. Oh the possibilities, an America that does not exist under the “minority of me”, but the majority of U.S. All.

When he(you know whom I speak of…”that one”) started on his campaign to become Senator, Obama was seen as a cash cow for several candidates outside of his state, as well as his race. Oh the possibilities, he won and assisted others walk into new positions.
For me, I was not sold on the man with big dreams, but lofty words. I guess you can say im never one to be inspired by rhetoric, but by acts. So let me be honest…I was not on the first stop of the “Obama train”. I was skeptical, resistant, and above all just damn tired of hearing people saying one thing while doing something else behind the scenes.
Well he kicked my candidate’s butt right out of the primary, I was still skeptical. Then, the hate begun. Hope may have been his slogan, but America did what it does best, it became a hater. Hope has no place in this country, unless you are amongst the oppressed.
I saw friends turn on each other, arguments start based on speculation that had nothing to do with the election. He is NOT experienced…his opponent is? I would imagine that unless at a debate if you are not introduced by the title of President, you are not experienced in running this country.
But guess what, he made people feel good. He symbolized hope to many, regardless of the esoteric definition that the word brought. Oh the possibilities, people had hope, the nation sought change. I remember having a discussion with someone who told me that the election was not over, his insular bubble popped on Nov. 4th. That’s when hate felt fear again…what will we do…we have a black president. Here is my suggestion…leave the country!
Its amazes me when I hear America say they are tired of hearing race, but out the other side of the neck say “we are afraid of what is going to happen now”. If you want race to go away, embrace the possibilities. That’s right the possibilities…imagine what could be!

Oh the possibilities, imagine that we brought education to the proper priority. Oh the possibilities, seeing that infrastructure is a top priority. Oh the possibilities, we can stop chasing a check and start chasing our dreams. Oh the possibilities, we can stop the dialogue of I will never understand, and start saying help me understand. Oh the possibilities, the two party line stops with the burning of oppressed American skin, by using a velvet rope to show us…we were NEVER us. Oh the possibilities, we can be we, for once.
In closing, does Obama represent a post-racial America? No he is just a representative of…the possibilities.