... it hits me, anew, like a ton of bricks:The United States of America actually elected a black man to be President!
Hopefully the day will come when that won't seem exceptional at all, but right now (less than 9 months after the election) it's still pretty unbelievable.
Of course, if Pres Obama succeeds in introducing universal health care, environmental reform, and a newfound commitment to continuing education, then historians decades and centuries from now will have to wonder why it took so long! Not that his being black is necessarily indicative of any of that... but more that it makes you consider just what other qualified predecessors of colour had never even been given a shot before 2008.
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