Monday, January 19, 2009

One Day to Change

According to reporting by Elizabeth Drew, Barack Obama's victory in the 2008 election was so large that he could have won without the vote of a single African American. Nevertheless, the Inauguration tomorrow of the first African American President reminds us on the Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday that tomorrow is a victory for racial justice and of King's dream of a society in which people are judged not on their race but on the content of their character. It is clearly a significant source of hope for young people, but particularly for those of perceived minorities, and especially for African American children, like this one.

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