my president is black! History in the making!!

Date: 01/20/09
Time: 7:50pm
Place: Home

First I just want to start out by saying HAPPY BIRTHDAY DADDY!!! I know your not going to read this but I cant tell you enough that I love you always and I'm glad god gave us another year to have you in our lives!!

Today was a pretty laid back day. A few co-workers and I spend our lunch time watching Barack Obama finally take office. It was breath taking to see the African American become our president. I remember in the 4Th grade our history teacher was telling us the qualifications you need to have to become president and ended his statement saying "this is why a minority cannot become president". Not knowing what he truly meant, I just knew that we will always have "white" presidents. Until 2009 came rolling around to give us new changes.

It was amazing to see all the people that were out there to see him but I still couldn't help the fact the racism is shown alot more lately. I grew up with a racist mother but I never took her views. My best friends are Spanish, German, Turkish, Bahamians and African American. I considered them my sisters. But I just thought it was only my mother that was racist, not anyone else.

While I was watching Obama make his speech I started to think about all the crazy racist stuff happen since he was up for election such as the Spanish guy getting jumped and killed by some teenagers. At that point I realized that even though there are alot of supporter, there are also people who are probably plotting his death just because they REFUSE to have a country run by someone who is of color. I mean does it really matter about the color of the person? or does the morals matter? I guess its just ignorance for those racist people. They have the reason for their beliefs but sometimes its not fair when they feel they have to control situation by terminating the situation like those kids that killed that Spanish man.

About 2 years ago, during the holidays, I was at a toy store shopping for my nieces and nephews. There was this lady there that ended up hanging with me at the store buying kids toys because she was clueless. I live in a primarily Russian neighborhood and my husband and I are amongst the few Hispanic population in the neighborhood. So we stick out like sore thumbs. Anyway they lady eventually ask me where i was from. i knew she meant nationality but I tested her out and told her "from the building around the corner". She than so no you background, so I told her that I was Puerto Rican and Dominican and they both immigrated here when they were teenagers and had me and my siblings here in the states. She looked at me weird. I knew she didn't think that I was Spanish. Every one that I come in contact with always thinks I'm some weird nationality other than Hispanic. So I asked her what did she think I was, that's when she said Poland or some part of Russia. I asked her why? and she said because I have green eyes and there wasn't a such thing as an Hispanic person with blond hair and green eyes. She than asked me if I knew who my father was because I needed to check my status because a Spanish man will never father a blue eye baby.

I had NO idea what to do. First my mothers family are fully Dominicans all with blond hair blue eyes and my fathers puerto rican family are extremely dark. My sister has Indian straight jet black hair with a dark complexion, very pretty. My brother is slight dark complexion, light eyes, with dirty blond hair, he's a heart breaker. Just because one girl came out too look like her mother doesn't mean she is from a different man! I wanted to smack this woman. I was still in shock and my husband met me at the cashier to hand me something and asked me who he was. I just glared and she has the never to say if I want my kids to have a rich life I need to get rid of him and get with someone that will help me "bred" the "correct" color (my husband is dark as well). All I remember was taking the truck that I had in my hand and swinging it at the woman. I was just in shocked on how she felt she was right by saying that.

I just hope Obama as a peaceful term without these ignorant people making things already difficult than they already are.

I love this song http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q56pHCGrlc4