Paulitical Correctness
11-04-2008, 04:12 PM
a black guy was walking out of my voting precinct and approached me.
he said "it's a done deal! we just voted, now we wait..this is 'bout to give me a heart attack."
i chuckled, then told him "good luck to your candidate"
he responded, "good look to yours too" and shook my hand.
walking to our cars he told me he couldn't handle the stress of the election, and proceeded to talk into his hand as if it were a microphone, broadcasting a fake news story about himself dying in office from a heart attack. the entire time he was so animated, excited, smiling, laughing. he couldn't be more ecstatic about casting his vote for potus.
perhaps a racist assumption, but he was surely an obama supporter.
and that's when i finally understood the appeal. i'm not black, so i can't empathize, but after facing adversity and racism (which still clearly exists) for so very long, this is a revolutionary opportunity.
disdain for obama aside, i felt this guy's joy that he finally felt he had a voice. he could cast his vote for someone that might possibly represent him and the prejudice might end. then i got sad. all the black voters turning out for obama, with such hope and committment, desiring change and something better...are all going to be let down tremendously.
either way, the guy's enthusiasm simply made my day. :D
he said "it's a done deal! we just voted, now we wait..this is 'bout to give me a heart attack."
i chuckled, then told him "good luck to your candidate"
he responded, "good look to yours too" and shook my hand.
walking to our cars he told me he couldn't handle the stress of the election, and proceeded to talk into his hand as if it were a microphone, broadcasting a fake news story about himself dying in office from a heart attack. the entire time he was so animated, excited, smiling, laughing. he couldn't be more ecstatic about casting his vote for potus.
perhaps a racist assumption, but he was surely an obama supporter.
and that's when i finally understood the appeal. i'm not black, so i can't empathize, but after facing adversity and racism (which still clearly exists) for so very long, this is a revolutionary opportunity.
disdain for obama aside, i felt this guy's joy that he finally felt he had a voice. he could cast his vote for someone that might possibly represent him and the prejudice might end. then i got sad. all the black voters turning out for obama, with such hope and committment, desiring change and something better...are all going to be let down tremendously.
either way, the guy's enthusiasm simply made my day. :D