Hope Has Prevailed Over Status Quo

Hope has prevailed over status quo.

Tonight, Barak Obama becomes our next President.

Personally, I'm thrilled.

Obama is a symbol of hope, not just for Black American, but for ALL of America.

Now, the cynic in me is already saying,

Watch this, Obama has won, so the people who voted against him will start justifying and compartmentalizing him. Suddenly, he'll be "different" than the rest of our African-American Brothers and Sisters. His father was African, his mother was white. Somehow, there will be those that will put him into a different category than other Black men.

Yes, I know, it's pretty cynical to say this.

But I know how people are.

My youngest son is very fair. Some "overlook" that his father is Black, Mexican, and Italian. But my sweet child said, "I'm white on the outside and Black on the inside."

He knows who he is, no matter what others think, no matter how fair he is, he knows and embraces his heritage.

Thus is Obama. No matter what people may think and say, he embraces who he is, he embraces his heritage. And no matter what people may think or say, Obama is the President of all Americans.

McCain is speaking as I type, conceding the victory to Obama. He is gracious in defeat. He offers all his support to President Obama to find ways to compromise and bridge our differences. He hushes those who boo, speaking of love for our Country, wishing our new President well, and asking for God's blessings on America.

Yes, we will, once more, have a peaceful transition from one President to the next.

America will stand today, tomorrow, and for many more tomorrows, together as one nation, under God, indivisible with liberty and justice for all.

Today, many of our Brothers and Sisters of Color who were disenfranchised in the past have found new hope, new faith, new belief in America.

Hope has prevailed over status quo in America today.

It is a day to be proud to be an American.