I was in tears last night seeing an Afro-American family walking across the stage of a national party convention, as our repesentatives in a run for the White House. Anyone else feel this way?
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I thought it was a defining moment also. And I am proud that this happened. I have a question back for you and do not want to put it on AB to the general population. I was informed that Obama's Afro part is not the American part. It is Afro only. I was told his grandmother is African but only his mother's side is American. I have No problems with the definition but I'm sure a lot of voters may not realize this. Would this be a problem at some point? Thank you.
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This is certainly a historic election and I'm glad to see it in my lifetime. :)
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I think it's awesome and it's a great thing to see this historic election year no matter which way the election goes, we will either have our first black American President or our first woman Vice President.
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I think that it is a good step forward. We are finally above excluding a good candidate because of his/her race or sex.
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I'm affected by it too. I realize that the older you are the more it probably affects you. My grandfather, who was born in the 1920's is probably more affected by it than I could ever be.
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Me too! It's been a very emotional week for me this week. I'm so glad to see the walls and racial barriers being broken down.
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I was crying last night at the convention, not only for him being a mixed individual with a black family, but the CHANGE he's going to bring about, the change we've needed for 8 horrible years =/ I feel he can truly empathize with families like mine, where my father worked the same factory job for 15 years to support me and my four siblings, only to have his job shipped to Mexico and get nothing but . 'sorry, you have a week to find a new job.'
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im not sure if your serious or not. how can you say that your happy to see a black man as a presidential candidate and, yet, refer to him as "afro-american" are you going to vote this person simply because he's black ? do you even know his political party? in amswer to your question: no i dont feel this way about our soon to be prsident i am a strong supporter for Mckain and have been from the start
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It's the first time in my life, and I'm no spring chicken, that I felt any sense of emotional connection to a Presidential election. I was initially choked up when he was officially chosen to run, and again at his official acceptance. As Ice-T phrases it, it's hard to have too much faith in the Constitution when "You get all these "geniuses" in one room and they decide 'You got the right to bear arms, you got free speech, you can own ["N" word]. Looks good to me, let's sign.' Obviously, they were insane." So, yeah, some of us have a different perspective. I'm mixed, Mexican and Apache, so I'm waiting for a further step forward...
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Yes, even though, I was hoping for Hillary, you have to admit he's got something going for him. I, for some reason, don't see him as black. We have kids at school every shade of brown and tan, all with one white parent. Obama, to me, is just a man with mixed race parents. I will vote for him.
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tears? no. I guess I didn't really think about the Obamas being an Afro-American family...I guess I just saw them as a family. my bad.
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I felt a sense of pride especially on the anniversary of MLK "I had a dream" speech. It shows that not only black people but anyone can achieve whatever they want. I, like most black (afro-american) are very proud to hear Obama accept the nomination. It's good that we can all come together and get the US back on tract and unite as one.
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I assume you mean tears of joy..you were not alone, my friend..the whole convention was in tears. Party affiliation notwithstanding, it was a signature moment in the history of our country..and I believe whatever your political stripe, you were moved by the sight..especially as it occurred on the 45th anniversary of Martin Luther King's "I have a dream" speech! :)
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No. I think whoever is most qualified to do the job should get it. I don't look at their skin color or sex. I don't think of Obama as african american - I think of him as an American. The sooner people stop referring to themselves as "african" american, "irish" american, "latin" american, etc, the sooner we'll get rid of racism. I'm not going to vote for someone solely because they are viable candidates and are either female or black. I'm going to vote for the one that shares my values and beliefs, and also based on what they promise to bring to the USA as President. In all honesty...I don't like any of them very much. Obama may want to take our guns away and McCain may want to take my job away (I work onboard Amtrak).
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I think Obama is a very inspiring speaker. America is one of the few countries with a past history of slavery and where the party that supported it in the past has nominated an Afro-American candidate for presidency. It is what makes America the great country it is and makes me proud to be an American.
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I wasn't in tears then. What I felt was anxiety that he wouldn't win and that we'd have another 4 years of "Bush". However, I did cry tears of joy when I saw our future first family last night! :D
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I kept hearing people say that this was a historic election. And I thought, YES, it is. It's the beginning of a new age, and the end of an era of fear-mongering and greed. But it turns out that people thought is was historic because a black man won. And I was like, who cares? What is this, the 1950's?
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This sure seems like a prejudice statement. Do you have a problem with people who LOOK different than you? If so, it's time to grow up.
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Maybe I took that the wrong way. So, I may have been wrong. But, is the term "Afro-American" appropriate? I'm not familiar with that. I think African-American is the proper term
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Why does his skin color matter
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I was so happy! Not because they were Afro-American, but we finally, finally have a President that gives this country some hope. A plus was that people have progressed so much that a bi-racial person can be voted into the Presidency. :)
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No.
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