This is my first blog posting so I'm new to this. I know many people blog about things that are important to them. So I guess I will add my two cents to cyber space.

I'm sure most of us are aware that we have an election coming up. This is one of the most exciting elections that I have ever seen. Not that I have seen many this is the third election that I can vote in. I'm excited about Barack Obama being able to even have the chance to be the first African-American president of the United States of America. I think it shows the progression of the country. And it truly shows that we all have the ability to dream and make our dreams come true. Barack win or lose has inspired me in a way I don't think words can truly express. It gives me hope that good things can happen to all that have faith and determination. It lets me know that good things can happen for good people. Because the saying goes nice guys finish last. Well I hope Barack can prove that nice guys do finish first. And I feel like he offers a fresh set of eyes in Washington, the end of the old and the beginning of the new. I have never felt so connected to a political leader in my young life. I feel he speaks to me and speaks for me. I must say it is a great feeling. I have hope because he has hope and he speaks to the hope that lives in my heart. America is the land of opportunity and I'm glad that I live here there is no place like America so I truly feel blessed to be in a place that the sky is the limit. And I don't want to forget Hillary running for president it shows how far we have come. America has had a rich history of sexism and racism and in one year we can see glass ceiling being shattered right in front of our eyes in real time. I hope this gives young woman and young African-American males hope that you can really do whatever you put your mind to. MLK's dream that people should be judged on the content of their character looks like it might come true.

Now I don't want people to think that I am naive to think that just because Barack has accomplished something that no other African-American political leader has; that we as Americans don't have work to do because we do. There is still institutionalized racism and sexism. And I feel like it is are civic duty not to feed into stereo-types of each other. And to be open to the fact that we are all different and we should embrace the differences. The differences are what make life interesting if we were all the same life would be boring. Having differences is what makes us American places of many different people.