My President is black

I was there.

For the first time in…forever, a visible black man is in the White House and he is not “the help”. The next election will be held on November 6th 2012 followed by the inauguration on January 20th 2013. Although I am a voting Canadian I’ve never been actively involved in the political scene because being Canadian there is no apparent black representation ever running for premier, the views portrayed on television during our elections is heavily white centric, there is never anyone that looks like me. This year during the American 08 elections for the first time in my 36 years on the planet I saw something new and exciting, I saw a visible black man running for President of one of the most powerful countries on earth, a country whose history is that of slave drivers, bigotry and intolerance towards black people and other people of visible ethnic diversity, and now there was black man running for president. In the past other black men have ran for the presidential seat but non that seem so capable and non that actually seem to have a real chance until Barrack Obama. I decided that this was my chance to be a part of my black history and give to my black people that have giving me so much, my chance to make a change. I watched the election as closely as I could and traveled to Detroit to volunteer my time and n the campaign. Myself and some friends canvassed houses in what seem to me to be badly degenerated areas in Detroit to encourage people to come out and vote and offer options to get them to the polls.

On Tuesday Nov 4/08 we drove to Chicago to volunteer for the last push and to make history and see if we could catch a live view of Mr. Obama. Admittedly I was a bit surprised when he won, I expected some sort of underhandedness by a system that was known for its sometimes questionable election process. When the ballots where all counted everyone was overwhelm with joy at Grant park, I first thank God and told myself to wait until the morning to really believe. And still I was cautious, I wanted to wait until Jan 20 when he was finally sworn in. Still what does this mean, a black man in the white house, man that has embraced technology, a man that is not afraid of change and seemingly wants to genuinely make life better for all people. The question remains in my head on how or when will I see the change because like many I need to see a tangible affects of a promise before I can believe.

A black man is the president of the United States of America, a black man, it blows my mind and gives me shivers, if America, a country steeped in hatred and intolerance can move towards change and vote in a descendant of black American slaves truly hope is alive. The feeling I get when I see or think about that beautiful black family in the white house is something I cannot put into words as yet. I wish were younger, younger so I could enjoy and live a life of more possibilities because now, its like the world has opened up even more, there are more choices now more opportunities available to all peoples. I envy my young niece and nephews because now they can not only dream to be president but they can be president if they so chose.

This election Barrack Obamas’ motto was ‘YES WE CAN’ I anticipate he will run again in 2012 I venture to guess his 2012 mantra will be ‘ONCE YOU GO BLACK YOU CAN’T GO BACK’.

The KGB is racist, is it really any different?

So there is big talk on the twitter that the new KGB ad is racist. If you don’t know KGB is a new service (not a new idea) that you can text in your question and they reply back to you instantly with an answer. I don’t think its racist so much as stereotypically insensitive.

This morning on Twitter @tweetmeblack tweeted the following:
New KGB ads turn to Black stereotypes…http://bit.ly/sMa10 << All the head popping and finger snapping…So WACK! (via @MappingtheCity)

My tweetback was as follows:
hmm did they use white people in black face to do these racist ads? I’m sure no self respecting black person would do it.

Of course I was being facetious, I’m never surprised to see how easily a white marketing company can find someone to walk on and even sometimes cross the line of cultural deconstruction and degradation, apparently it only take a couple bucks to completely sell your people out.

I wish more people had a stronger sense of being and responsibility for their people and themselves, I for one could not do anything that I believe was morally objectionable and detrimental to not just a people but to all humankind.

Here is the video: