4th November 2008, created history in the United States of America after Barack Obama was elected as the first black president. His victory dominated newspapers and news channels extensively all over the world. Headlines were flooded with American Presidential elections across the globe. Honolulu born, Obama took early lead against his opponent John McCain and left everyone thunderstruck when the curtains were unveiled and results were announced. Joyous Obama gives all the credit of his victory to both, those who voted for him as well as those who didn’t; with a small hope that those who did not vote for him will do it the next time. This shows the self belief and self reliance he has in himself.
Racism has always put the blacks in an undisputed conflict. Blacks and Whites used to be logger heads generations ago. Blacks never got the right kind of treatment they deserved. They worked as slaves for the whites. People like Abraham Lincoln and Martin Luther King couldn’t tolerate sitting dumb headed in a nation that belonged to all. They decided to fight back against the injustice done towards the blacks due to race. Racial consciousness spread like wild fire.
As we reminisce the prejudices against blacks this win has come as a bundle of surprise for the Americans. With just a population of 30% blacks in America, a white candidate could not make it to the top. Priority was still a black candidate. 47 year old Obama lived a life filled with misery, profound grief and woe. He lost his parents at a tender age and was brought up by his grand mother, whom her adored the most. Unfortunately, she also left for her heavenly abode just a few days before the elections. But Obama is a true fighter and he fought a winning battle. In his speech which said ‘Yes we can’ shows how wonderfully he spoke, expertly delivered and made him one of the best political orator of our generation.
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