What happened that Tuesday night is truly one of the greatest things that I have ever seen in my lifetime. Being African- American, it just meant that much more to my family. The thing was that Barack Obama was really the best candidate, but because of race it became this weird debate about if America was ready to elect him or not. It showed that this world is not yet as colorblind as it should be. There was a lot of doubt about what would happen that day. When they announced that he won, it took me a minute to comprehend what had just happened, and I remember that my parents were calling everyone they know to talk about it. I heard this one story about this ninety year old woman. She was sick and was willing herself to live just so that she could vote in this election. I’m sad that I was too young to vote because it would be cool if I could tell people fifty years from now that I voted for him. This was a historic moment and even though I understand what it means, I’ll never feel the same way that my parents or grandparents do. Hopefully, with this new leadership, we will now regain the respect of the world and fix some of our problems here at home.
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