Article: Crazy White People

But these are not ordinary times and President Obama....Sorry, I'm getting ahead of myself.... Senator Obama is no ordinary politician. Forgive me for flipping the switch of my cliche' machine but I just can't help myself: This is the dawn of a new era in America. Four centuries of struggle and hardship for our African American brothers and sisters have led to this moment. Barack Obama is not an historical accident - he is an historic inevitability. In the early days of his campaign, the expected musical question was raised in some quarters:

"Is America ready for an African American president?"

Oh, get a freakin' life, huh? As I said on this very site on January 6, the morning after Barack won the Iowa primaries (Yeah! Yeah! I know! It's immodest to quote one's self. So sue me!):

America has been ready for a black president since the day Shirley Chisholm announced her candidacy in 1972.

America has been ready for a black president since Martin Luther King declared, "I have a dream" in August of 1963.

America has been ready for a black president since the day in 1957 when federal troops had to escort nine children into a public school in Little Rock, Arkansas.

America has been ready for a black president since late in the afternoon of December 5, 1955, when a tired and fed-up Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a bus to a white man.

America has been ready for a black president since the Supreme Court of Earl Warren ruled on Brown vs. the Topeka, Kansas Board of Education in 1954.

America has been ready for a black president since Harry S Truman desegregated the armed forces on July 28, 1948.

America has been ready for a black president since the Brooklyn Dodgers signed Jackie Robertson on April 15, 1947.

America has been ready for a black president since that day in 1939 when African American contralto Marion Anderson sang "My Country 'Tis Of Thee" on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial after having been refused the opportunity to sing before the Daughters of the America Revolution because of the color of her skin.

America has been ready for a black president since the night of October 16, 1901 when President Theodore Roosevelt invited George Washington Carver to dine at the White House in the face of southern political outrage.

America has been ready for a black president since January 1, 1863 when Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation became the law of the land.

America has been ready for a black president since Frederick Douglas put pen to paper and wrote, "The life of the nation is secure only while that nation is honest, secure and virtuous."

America has been ready for a Black president since March 5, 1770. That was the day a man by the name of Crispus Attucks - A BLACK GUY - became the first human being to give his life for this country.

Yeah, America has been ready for a black president for a very, very long time. Three cheers to Barack Obama for waking us up to this fact.

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