Barack Obama – The new era starts
With the election of Barack Obama as the new president of United States, I believe a new era of international affairs has started.
I personally like him as a politician and am a great fan of his public speaking skills (at least one thing will be greatly different in the new president). If I were a US citizen I probably would have voted for him as well. This is indeed a historical moment for USA and the world. The election of an African American as the president is a big deal, if you look at the history of United States.
History is full of stories of how African Americans were denied basic human rights in the USA not too long ago. If you want to know more about it you should read the book Roots: The Saga of an American Family, or watch the mini-series based on the book. America has come a long way since its early days to the point where an African American man is the president of the country where people of his race were untouchables.
It also proves that people of America have finally developed the sense and maturity to look beyond the color of the skin of a person and see what is in the heart and soul of him.
To be honest, as much as I wanted Obama to win, I did not expect it. I was skeptical about people of America electing a Black man as their president. I was afraid that deep inside the heart of white Americans there is hatred for Blacks, and they will never accept a black man as their ruler.
I am so relieved to have been proven wrong.
I hope Obama will do whatever it takes to fix the damage caused by his predecessors. If he is able to do that he will not only be remembered as the first black president, but also as one of the greatest president of the Unites States of America.