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Originally Posted by CarleyGee
That's what I don't get.
I mean, I guess it was "cool" for some people to have
a "black" president (though he's half-white) but I mean
it's been a while now. Let's get over it now. I think
people very focusing only on THAT and weren't
focusing on his goals for the country.
But that's not the point of this thread, I think?
Really, in a way I want to see the inauguration,
but I think I would just get pissed off, and since I
don't watch the news, I don't know where I could
watch it from anyway.
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You guys are young, so I wouldn't expect you to understand.
If you see the speech, he says "60 years ago, my father wouldn't have been served food in a Washington DC restaurant, and now his son has been asked to serve as the country's president." The point is not the color of his skin, but the PROGRESS this country has made.
I think it's great that you don't think it's a big deal that he is black. THAT is progress, too. But for your parents and grandparents it is a HUGE deal.