Change Goin’ Come! Stage 2 (The Short Comings of a LONG Road Edition)

Change Goin’ Come! Stage 2 (The Short Comings of a LONG Road Edition)

YAY, We got a Black President! …Now WHAT? One man can NOT make that “change” alone so why do some of us really believe and think that? Chants of Obama were heard on every hood corner but what can Obama truly do? Those colorful signs of the Next President with one word messages, “Hope” & “Change”, does what for the change of “us.” That message was to serve as a message to us as a whole, to change as well as the government and the way things happen.

Now that the election is over what do we do? Do we go back to leading the same lives? Or should we ALL get involved in the overall change needed to make this nation better. Many voted for Obama because he was black and it seemed like the right thing to do, some voted for him because of the media coverage others just simply did because everyone else was doing it. Truth be told Obama was the right choice not the default choice, he was a better candidate than the rest.

Being Black played a factor but he did not win on the black vote. The Black Vote ALONE cannot win you an election so when should the criticism stop? Over 40 years ago many fought, died and flat out BEGGED for an opportunity to vote, be involved and today we ignore those voices, our race has simply let others live our lives for us.

We always ask for change and would love for the blame to be someone else’s but what can we contribute to truly make things better?

By K.E.L.L.s