Mood:  celebratory

I didn't think it could happen.  Fifteen months ago Ted and I talked about it at length and I was sure America wasn't ready.  Thought and said they will vote for a white woman over a black man.  Thought it was a mistake...he was ill advised...he should of waited, I said.  The history is still to recent...it has only been 44 years.  The wounds too fresh...middle amercia, northwest, southwest too many prejudices still exist, inherit racism is still alive...folks consciousness still asleep. 

An awareness within the majority that remains dorminant because race is not something that they claim they see.  I mean according to many of them they are color blind.  Race is not something that is suppose to be spoken about. And at the end of the day Race is not something they live with and are reminded of every minute of everyday.  So, in my mind gender over color would win the nomination.  In my mind, the legacy of a white political power house regardless of the scandels that surrounded them would win over the legacy of race that exist within this country, over a black man with a white mother whose name is a constant reminder of a sunny cloudless day in September.  

Today history was made a Black man by the name of Barack Hussein Obama with a blood line that extends two continents has won the nomination for Democratic Presidental Candidate.  How proud am I as a Brown woman having recently moved to homogenous state where I am experiencing my Color everyday to e able to pick up the paper tomorrow with the headlines highlighting a Black man not because he killed, robbed, raped or pushes but because he, after 15 months of speeches, defending himself and promoting Change he is now Americas Democratic nominee for President.  What a moment to be able to speak about for the rest of my life.  For this I am proud to be a woman of Color in America .  2008-06-03