I usually keep to myself and don’t express somethings, but might as well now give it a whirl!!! I want to give a congratulations to Obama for winning the election this year and becoming our new president! But here is the issue…Why does the topic of race come up every time his name arrives? I thought racism was gone years ago, but the issue still comes up. I thought we are all Americans…not white Americans and African-Americans? “The first African-American president.” Yes, he is…we got it, so let it go! I like some of his ideas for the change and support some of them, and I could care less if he was purple, as long as it helps me out through my life. I hate when those phrases are use throughout society…For instance in sports when they bring up the topic about African-American head coaches…Who cares? A good coach has nothing to do about color, its the way they carry themselves and how many wins they accumulate! Things can go great for a period of time, but then you will have that one comment or phrase that just rubs me the wrong way by the color issue! Again, I could care less and i know several others who don’t mind either, but when comments like those are made, that is what needs to be kept inside and kept quite! Again, congrats on Obama winning! He’s the new president of the United States for the next few years…he’s the Americans president so lets just leave it at that and leave the other things out of it. Our country can change by starting out with that first!
