Enough is Enough! Part II

Now while African Americans have been oppressed in America far too long their, is a group of people that has been held back just as long as us and for every gain that African Americans have made in America, not to far behind were Women. For every gain that Women have made in Ameria, not too far behind was African Americans. The fight for equal rights and justice didn't just stop with the civil rights movements of the 1960s & 1970s. Let's face it, Women and African American are intertwined in America. We both have fought for justice and our place in American society. History books ignore our struggles for equality or barely speak about our movements and the people who led us.

History books barely speak of all the Women and African Americans who have contributed to American society and the building of this land that we call the Home of the Brave & the Land of the Free. Yes that is true, Women and African Americans were full of bravery as they each led corageous movements in order to obtain their freedom in a white man's world. For years, America will a man's world and not just any man but a white man. Women were just as oppressed as African Americans because they couldn't vote or own land. However as we look at the 2008 Presidential Election, we can see just how far both of our groups have come.

However, I don't want people to think for a minute that I am telling women that they should support Hillary Rodham Clinton or I am telling African Americans that they should support Barack Obama. However I am telling women and African Americans this, you need to look at the issues and how far in the race in equality we have come together. While Hillary has our flaws and so does Obama. I want to state this that one flaw of Hillary's shouldn't be that she is ambitious. What politician isn't ambitious or better yet, what human being isn't? If you have no desire for the future than why are any of us living? You must have a dream in this world or something you want more than anything in the world, otherwise why do you get out of bed especially those of us who can get out of bed. Even those who can't walk anymore are ambitious in the sense that they hope to one day walk again or hope to do this that or the other. So let's stop with all this talk about Hillary is ambitious and that's why I can't support her.

Also let's stop with all this talk about Obama not being black enough. What does it really mean to black now days? Must of the people who are black don't even know what black is any more? Trust me I know. How can we claim that this man isn't black enough when he knows more about Black History than many people who seat up there and try to ridicule him. I guess Barack isn't black enough because he didn't grow up in the poorest of poor neighbors or he didn't struggle through life like the typical African American. However he has had his own strugglest in life like any of us and just because he didn't grow up in the slumps of the ghetto or the hood doesn't make him more privileged than the next black man. That just shows that Barack Obama made the best of his situations like any black person can do as long as they are motivated and have those around them to motivate them. Barack had a great family structure which is missing in the black community. So don't blame him for not going through all the struggles that the typical black person goes through but as black people if we reached out to each other and helped raised each other's children as a community than must of our black plight on an educaitonal basis would be defeated.

So let's face it, Hillary and Barack are great candidates that Women and African Americans should be proud of. However to the same extent don't just give them your vote but instead challenge them and make them earn your vote. Listen to their stances on perserving Affirmative Action which helped both of them get to where they are right now. Make Senator Clinton and Senator Obama speak out against what is taking place across America as affirmative action is being taking away one state at a time by a man named Ward Connaly. He first started this campaign in California where it passed and than went to Michigan and once again it passed. Now he is in Wisconsin with it and going state to state getting his anti-affirmative action bill on ballots so that it can pass.

Think about it, without Affirmative Action, we wouldn't be hearing about Clinton or Obama as Presidential candidates. Therefore they should be the main two speaking up and coming up with a plan to perserve Affirmative Action. Like I said, affirmative action was orginally created for Women and it just so happens that minorities like African American and Hispanics have benefited from it. Therefore I need for voters to think rationalely by challenging candidates to develop policies and plans that deal with the issues of Affirmative Action, Education, Poverty, Health Care, Social Security, and the Economy/Job Employment. Those are the issues that really affect Women and African Americans. While the war in Iraq is a major issue, Women and African Americans need to demand solutions to those issues as well and the candidates should be able to give solutions to them.

However just don't ask Obama and Clinton to give solutions but demand it from all Presidential candidates from both parties. All the Democratic and Republican candidates should be able to give solutions to these problems so that you can have choices in terms of who you want to support for the Presidency. It's always great to have choices and I believe that there are great choices out there more than the ones that the media chose to cover night in and night out.