In two months, we will be living under a historic era.
Barack Obama, the nation’s first black president, was elected this week by the American people.
While I did not vote for him, he was chosen and we must abide.
To me, the popularity swirling around Obama was similar to that of the JFK era.
Now, those who voted for him have not just made history, but also have become a part of it.
For centuries, we have speculated on a black president or a woman president. For centuries, we balked that it could ever happen; we treated it as a fairy tale.
Yet now, to many, it’s a dream come true.
Some remain ignorant and racist, angered in a black man running the country.
Grow up.
Furthermore, the youth have experienced something groundbreaking — no, not the Phillies World Series win — but something on an unbelievable caliber like it. There are those who lived through the implementation and abolition of segregation, the Prohibition era, the assassinations of MLK and JFK ... welcome to another change in history.
There’s a late rapper named Tupac Shakur, maybe you’ve heard of him, and he has a song called “Changes,” ironically. In it he raps the lyric: And although it seems heaven sent/we ain’t ready to see a black president.
That was recorded in 1995.
Obviously, things have changed — and that’s just the way it is.