At every election the respective candidates talk about the importance of the election. How this is the most important election in our times and how this election will change the course of the future. Yeah, whatever. Politics are politics…
This year, however, I think it’s different. There is something riding on the ticket. Something huge. Barack Obama is a bi-racial American. He is black. And I think, putting aside all politics and all possible political achievements. I think it is huge that there is a possibility that for the next 4, hopefully 8 years, my children will grow up through most of their childhood with a black family in the white house. I think that would do wonders, beyond the political achievements that Obama might accomplish. I believe it will make a tremendous difference in the life of my children and all Americans as far as their understanding of race relations. That is indeed something to look forward to.
