In 1988, The Prime Minister of Canada, Brian Mulroney actually gave Reparation Cheques of $21,000 to every Japanese-Canadian that lived during WW2, for wrongfully robbing, deporting and mistreating them. The Native Americans and Canadians had their land stolen and most of their population slaughtered in the 16-1800's by force and small pox by the NEW Americans. They get taken care of til this day, with cheques and free tax and free school and health etc.
I must say it was a inspiring speech to the nation. Couple of things I wanna remind you, and point out.
1. Obama is half white. Just like Tiger Woods, he's a half-breed. People should refer to Tiger Woods as the first Asian Golf Player to be this successful, but he's usually referred to as the most successful BLACK golfer mostly because of the media. Theres no BOLD point to this, but maybe this race issue will give minorities more hope with Obama. He's African + White + from a low-income family + Muslim faith + Christian faith = a more broader understanding of a multicultural AMERICA. Definitely a President for the PEOPLE.
2. Oprah and Rev. Jesse Jackson was so emotional, they cried during Obama's speech?! The Afro-Americans were so happy, I thought their favorite team won the superbowl. I understand for one because they understand how hard the Obama family & their campaign has worked to achieve this massive goal. It's obvious, anyone would be thrilled and excited for anyone after a long fought battle like this. Also because Obama is the first BLACK (half white) President, so theres a celebration of Afro-American pride, especially after their long history of slavery and racism. Maybe thats why they are so emotional. Or maybe it's becase Obama promises change....Ah..hmmmmmm! I think it's because of the whole race thing because if fellow democrat Hilary Clinton who promised change as well got elected as President, I have a feeling that it wouldn't be this emotional. At the end, CHANGE is what the US needs.
3. Just because the race of a President changes, the objective doesn't change. Every President will do whats best for their country in their generation whether if you're BLACK, WHITE, YELLOW, GREEN etc. With the record breaking number of minorities that voted for this years election, multiculturalism & immigration is becoming more eminent in the United States of America like how it's suppose to be. This is how every election should be.
4. Please don't blame BUSH for anything. YOU, The American voted for him didn't you? And for the people that didn't vote, you were robbed. The chance of over throwing Bush off the Presidency was 4 years ago, and it wasn't done so no one can blame BUSH for all the fucked-up things that are going on in the US today. Even Diddy tried so hard to get especially the minorities and the young voters to vote and still didn't work. Whether if Senator Kerry wasn't a good candidate at the time or not, it doesn't matter, US wouldn't be in such a mess regardless.
4. Why are the Canadians so excited about Barack Obama being elected? LOL ..I don't know.. It has nothing to do with us..LOL..or does it? Well maybe it does moraly, thats for sure. But at the end of the day I have a feeling we wouldn't be as excited as Canadians if a Afro-French speaking Canadian was elected as Prime Minister. Face it our election is so boring. LOL.
5. I invested money in to property in the US. Obama, I give you 3 years to make me money! :)
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Hurrah, ditto, and I'm second in the ocean on points 3 and 4. Best of luck on point 5. Half asians are still fighting battles left and right. We will persevere!
While I listened to him give his speech last night, I thought about a lot of the things you mentioned.
The US definitely needs change. I think that Obama being half African-American, half White helps the nation and many others identify themselves with him. Obama also comes from "nothing". He actually worked for everything he's accomplished and money wasn't something he always had as a child. With that said, I believe the US needs to look more at who he is inside and identify with that rather than the colour of his skin.
As a fellow Canadian, I think we're excited because Obama genuinely stands for something and to see the US change in many obvious ways, we and the world can look forward to change. Obama is a great role model and I'm all for Obama because I know the US needs a change. You're right, the US voted for Bush and it's the US citizens to blame for voting for him and putting him in the highest office.
The world is changing and that's always something to look forward to. Whether you're Canadian, European, etc.
Let's just hope the US citizens are willing to work as hard together to make a difference in their nation as they did to get Obama in the White House.
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