In Black and White

A tide of euphoria is sweeping across the globe with Obama's victory. But I couldn't care less. Not because I'm pro-McCain. Not because I'm anti-Black. But simply because whoever ends up occupying the Oval Office really has nothing to do with us, us citizens of this poor republic. Let's face it, with the Cold War over and the bases long gone, we're just a tiny speck on the map for any US President to give us the time of day. While the most powerful man on earth switches faces every four or eight years, the consequent changes hardly ever have any impact on our Third World lives. Obama might just put an end to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. He might just resurrect his country's economy and that of the rest of the world. But even if these do happen, we little brown Americans are certain to be just as worse off as before. And we would be fools to think otherwise.

Oh, if there's anything I'm glad about Obama's triumph, it's the fact that the American people have risen above the stigma of racism. Martin Luther King should have lived to see this day.


Just a thought — newly elected American President Barrack Obama won by 7 million votes. American Idol David Cook won by 12 million. Like I said, just a thought...

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P.S. The morning after I posted this entry which was last morning, a quick look at the Inquirer told me that President-elect Obama was too busy to take our li'l President's congratulatory call. I should have warned her or maybe she should have read this blog. Tsk. Tsk.

* Photos from Yahoo.