I wish that everyone would shut up about how Obama's African-American, because I have these strange flashbacks to Nazi Germany; given that he's mixed-race, this seems overly compartmentalise-y.
I agree with this point and would add to the comment thread above on this post that the way to treat the media is generally as a social thermometer. Things that are taken for granted are not written about. I've been thinking about this because our college dedicated all of Monday and most of the weekend to hosting a series of dinners, lectures, and celebrations on what this inauguration would mean for African-Americans, and for my part, I am happy that this is a perceived victory for them but am myself unsatisfied.
On the other hand, in terms of America becoming more colorblind, I think that ought to happen on a functional level, but without the sacrifice of diverse culture and without sacrificing the recognition of African American history in the U.S. It should be noteworthy in a historical sense to me, Obama as the first black president, but not on a- I don't know, societal level? Bleh. *brain falls out*
I cried through the inauguration, and when I was looking at pictures of his children at the ceremony. This is a man I feel I can trust in the Oval office, which is a first in my lifetime (I was not thinking about politics while Bush was president). That was more of a relief than I realized.
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Date: 2009-01-23 02:35 am (UTC)I agree with this point and would add to the comment thread above on this post that the way to treat the media is generally as a social thermometer. Things that are taken for granted are not written about. I've been thinking about this because our college dedicated all of Monday and most of the weekend to hosting a series of dinners, lectures, and celebrations on what this inauguration would mean for African-Americans, and for my part, I am happy that this is a perceived victory for them but am myself unsatisfied.
On the other hand, in terms of America becoming more colorblind, I think that ought to happen on a functional level, but without the sacrifice of diverse culture and without sacrificing the recognition of African American history in the U.S. It should be noteworthy in a historical sense to me, Obama as the first black president, but not on a- I don't know, societal level? Bleh. *brain falls out*
I cried through the inauguration, and when I was looking at pictures of his children at the ceremony. This is a man I feel I can trust in the Oval office, which is a first in my lifetime (I was not thinking about politics while Bush was president). That was more of a relief than I realized.