The Headlines……… People are running around grabbing newspapers, crying, feeling joy and a sense of a new breakthrough as Barack Obama clinches the Democratic Nomination.
As I watch all the networks cover this Awesome Moment, I have to question the road ahead. It’s true, this is the furthest any black canadate has gotten to having the highest office in the land. But there is still a huge race issue to deal with moving ahead.
The media focuses on the fact that Barack, the African American has done the impossible and the unthinkable, but what about his message of change, his message of unifying all sides, crossing cultural divisions in an effort to heal and bring together all sides!!??? That is the missing story to me.
Yes, he is a Black man, but so what??? His qualities and what he represents is the real issue. Color should never be brought into the conversation…….. But forgive me as I forget sometimes, this is 2008 and we still find ouselves talking about it.
I bring this issue up because all the media outlets were talking about it in the battle between him and Clinton. The polls in my opinion did not help the campaign. People do not need to keep hearing that Clinton has the white female vote and Barack the African American vote. This just continues to fester as the issue.
If you truly look at their views on the issues, their platforms are pretty much the same. Barack has the better message of change however. But the media continues to focus in on separation of races…… But as I think more about it, if they did not have this to talk about, media coverage would be boring for them…. Nothing to talk about. LOL
My fear is that we may focus too much on race moving forward vs. the issues and the unity that we truly need. What we focus on continues to show up…… and if it’s the Race thing we keep talking about, the November election will be about Race. I believe we have made great strides with this election, not so much because Obama is Black, but because we have someone running for office with the style of JFK who is talking about true change in Washington.
I love the fact that he won in Montana where in fact, color was not an issue! I love the fact that he ran a smart campaign and has built a platform on changing the direction of our government. Barack represents the new generation of ideas and thinking and that is what we need to celebrate.
He represents what we need the New America to be. Color blind and driven towards unity! Why has it taken so long for someone to take this kind of approach???? Like him or not, he has out campaigned, raised more money than all the other canadates and has the most profound message……. TIME 4 CHANGE!
Moving forward, the message should be about what his Presidency will look like, the benefits of him being in the White House and how that will benefit our country, not the color of his skin. Between now and November, lets have Barack focus more on the definition of his ideals, his ability to solve problems and his willingness to unify the world.
One last thing……. let us understand that if he is elected, we should not expect change from day one. We have had bad policies for almost 20 years, as far as I can remember……. He will need some time to put things in motion; He may even need another term. So lets look at helping him build a Dynasty of Change. The race thing should be not even matter……..
Barack is a great man, as there were many who were great before him and many will be great after him. He is a part of the Human Race and is more than qualified to lead this country.
I pray no one today believes that because he is black, he cannot! Again, I have to rememeber, there are those who think because of his color, he can’t lead!
Ignorance…. is something we need to work on within ourselves….. I will touch you soon!
Anderson “TheAceMan” Cutting
