It is time to free ourselves from the shackles of racism

I'm so sorry for coming in so late.I agree completely with you. We all are one. I think, time will come when there wold be no discrimination on account of color, religion, cast, creed, language, nationality etc. We should dismantle all such artificial boundaries, erected by us due to ignorance.

Zandi458, You again impress me with your perception of life beyond your borders. The United States is a Nation much larger than most people realize. The white population is about 55% of the total population, while the balance is made up of about 14 Black, 15% Latino, 10% Asian, with Native Americans making up the rest of the population. These numbers are estimates and are very fluid, changing a few points every 5years or so. I did not vote for President-elect Obama. The primary reason for not endorsing him is because of his view of economics, and his social program view. It is not that I do not believe in social programs, it is that we can not afford to spend any more of our budget on programs that a being duplicated. My bigger point is, Mr. Obama is now the President-Elect of my country, and I will do what ever I can to support My President. He is a very smart Man, and He has a very smart wife. It is good to see the visions of The United States of America founding fathers is forever evolving. The thing that we in America know is that we are never done growing, adapting, striving to make our country better, and taking pride in who we are, and our way of life. We are a pretty relaxed society. We have our problems, but we do not try to hide them. We debate them, argue them, discuss them, and over time, come to an agreeable compromise that is acceptable to all concerned. Issues between any part of the American Society affects all Americans. I have a neice married to a Black man, and a neice married to a Palestinian, I was married to a Hawaiian-Japanese, so my son and daughter are a very attractive mix. (the best thing i did with my life was to make good looking kids, and their kinda smart) There is also German, French, British, Irish, Spanish, Portuguese from Brazil, and I am sure I am forgetting someone in the family. My bigger point is, What has been accomplished during this election cycle is amazing and inspiring. President Obama is not going to be able to fix all the problems of the world, no matter how nice that would be. I hope the the populations of the countries that are so hopeful by his election, are not disappointed when he is not able to fix the problems in their countries. That has to be done by the citizens of those individual countries. And fixing problems that have been developing for hundreds or thousands of years are not going to be fixed in a month or a year or ten years. They have to fixed one at a time, and every fix should be motivation to attack the next problem. If a Muslim man needs a heart transplant, he will probably not protest is the heart is from a white women. If a Koren needs a kidney and the person giving it is a Japanese, she is not going to protest the bad things that happened during world war two. If I need a liver, and I got it from a Black person, I would be sad that that person lost their life, but I would be filled with gratitude. My belief is that problems are solved out of need. It takes organized, intelligent, meaningful activism. I, like you, hope the election of Obama inspires hope to those who have not felt hope for a long long time. But the fix has to come from within. Good Luck to all, and I hope all will help us support OUR new President.

yes we love our freedom and to worship the way we want to and to speak or minds also

Yes. I think it is way past time for us to put it behind us and move on. I thought we were already there but I guess not.

I,personally, have never had an issue with race as I was raised to treat everyone equal. My husband is from a rural area which allowed no blacks in it for a long time and you still don't see a lot of them. However, I have tried to convince him that all people are equal and that skin color has nothing to do with how a person behaves. I am so proud of Obama for having the strength to attack this issue in a long hard fought election! His winning has changed American history forever! It shows that many people have been taught that color doesn't matter, you pick the right person for the job. Congratualtions America,we got this one right!!

Hey zandi! That was a beautifully written and movingly eloquent "speech" my dear! Have you thought of running for political office? I am very serious! You wrote that with so much feeling! How about you breaking down those barriers! If our President-elect Obama can do it why not you? As an American I never thought that I would see a black man as President in my lifetime. No way! I am so thrilled and proud that I had a hand in putting him there! When I went to vote and pulled the lever with Obama's name I knew he was going to win! It felt so good! I am very proud of my country for a change! I haven't been able to say that for a very long time. I have been ashamed for the last eight years with that moron President that is in the White House now! I didn't vote for him either term! It will take alot for our country to get back on our feet but at least now we have the respect of others for showing that we can unite as one people! Your country can do it too if they really want to. But look at all that we have had to go through to get to this point! All the years of racism and it isn't over completely. But hopefully our President-elect will help it disappear!

How Malaysia can be compared to USA? The malay racist government even passed law to legally discriminate their own minority citizens and is so proud of their apartheid policy where racial superiority is loudly spread, embraced and taught in their party gathering and during political campaigns. It has a long way to go even though it is more than 50 years old, so many of their opposition politicians had to waste their life n rot in prison even with the mere mention of equal rights and opportunity in Malaysia for all races, let alone have a non-malay P.M. or D.P.M, if that happen, all hell will break loose in that country.