The Train to the Future is Leaving, Don’t Get Left Behind!

Dreams and hope do not die unless we let them. The roads we travel may be long and full of obstacles, and there may be times we want to give up, but with each step we take and with each obstacle over come we gather and build our strength. Our journeys start alone but when we find others along the way to travel with it’s much easier to climb over the mountains of problems we encounter and to lift each other up over the barriers that try to hold us back. Barak Obama has taught the masses the power of unity and that by uniting we, the common people can accomplish what many think is impossible.

We must stay united and vigilant as we travel down this new road in history and not slip back into the apathy that stagnated our growth as individuals and as a large community of humanity over the recent past. It’s our duty to stay informed and to keep our youth involved so that we do not fall back on destructive ways. It starts at the bottom. Get to know and understand your local communities and become involved if you can even if it’s only voicing your opinions in newspapers, because that is where the path to the top begins.

I sincerely hope that some time before I leave this world that race and gender becomes redundant in assessing the motives of the general public through polls and statistics. This election is proof that people have overwhelmingly moved far beyond the controversies that the news media and others try throw at us. Forty one years ago when I first encountered the question “which race are you” on a form I thought to myself, “how stupid?” I skipped past “white” to the box that said “other” and wrote HUMAN race and to this day I continue that practice. I’ve never been questioned about it, but then I’ve never applied for a visa either. Taking the issue of race off all forms would be a great step in furthering the destruction of racism. This election has proved that people can see beyond race and use intelligence to make critical decisions.

I have found renewed hope for my country and am proud that my fellow Americans had the vision and courage to step out of their comfort zones to help move the United States of American forward by electing Barak Obama for President.

To all my African American friends and acquaintances I’ve had over the years, savor this moment in time as you have earned it like no others! To all my fellow Americans, hold onto this moment in time and remember that we are one together in this march forward.