"The Bigotry Was Worth It "

[kpete]

Obama: The Bigotry Was Worth It
by EntrWriter
Wed May 07, 2008 at 05:30:29 AM PDT
The bigotry that I endured over my 43 years has been worth it.


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I never, ever in my life suspected that I would ever see an African American male get any nomination from a major political party. Can I emphasize the never ever?

That is the promise of Barack Obama. People belittled his message of hope as naïve and they ridiculed it as well. They threw the kitchen – to hell with the kitchen sink – at him. They said he couldn’t lead. But you see, that’s what African-Americans have been told they couldn’t do all of their lives. You can’t do this. You can’t do that.

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Obama will apparently accept the Democratic nomination on Aug. 28, 2008. That shows that God has a sense of irony. It marks the 45th anniversary of Martin Luther King’s I Have a Dream Speech. That makes the name calling, the condescension and the supposedly benign insults regarding turning me white tolerable.

Finally having a candidate with the depth of Barack Obama made being called a nigger, spook, moulie and spearchucker all worth it.

more at:
http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/5/7/8262/45256/787/510758

[Tim4319]

1. I believe that also prooves the point that an

African American has to work twice as hard to half as far.

Looking back at the campaign, up to this point, negative issues seem to stick to Obama far longer than any other candidate.

[woo me with science]

2. I'm not sure about that.

Do you remember what Kerry went through? Any candidate gets this steady fire, and this is just the beginning...

I'm relieved that we will finally have made a decision.