The last battle of America's one hundred forty-seven year long Civil War has ended. After four years of a hot war and more than a century of cold war, the last great barrier has been breached. There will be skirmishes yet to fight, mopping up actions, half a million stories yet to be told.
But today...today I can reclaim my nationality. Today I am once again proud to be called an American.
And today, I can believe that skin color is no barrier to success. Oh sure, there are bigots out there. There always will be. But they don't own the game any more.
It's not equality yet. It's just a damn sight closer to it than I ever dreamed of seeing.
UPDATE: (damn it all, why do people have to disappoint me?)
Digby says it for me:
It's terrific that we are seeing a decline in racism to the extent that we are able to elect a black president. We've come a long way and there's no taking anything away from those who waged the struggle over all these centuries. But our society is not truly changed if it's still writing discrimination into law.
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The bigots are out in force in California, they just moved on to their next target since the skin color issue is on its way out of vogue.
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