I WOKE UP THIS MORNING WITH A BLACK PRESIDENT

GOD BLESS AND GOOD MORNING MY PEOPLE AND FRIENDS OF I SEE COLOR LET ME HOW THIS MAKES YOU FEEL???

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Comment by Wild Peach on November 8, 2008 at 12:43am: It's nice to see brothas walking around with a renewed sense of pride and hope. I always knew ya'll had it in you! I was telling another member that's there's a lot of Obama's in our communities and families, but all we ever were exposed to was the negative.

Many of us know that what was being portrayed in the media were the exceptions to the rule, i have a lot of Obama's in my family!

Keep your heads up, brothas and sistas! Enjoy this moment and then continue grindin', we still have more to do!

Comment by 1_Of_A_Kind on November 7, 2008 at 5:41pm: I still can't believe it. I processed it kinda, like oh, we have a Black President. Then I'll wake up the next day, and say, "We have a Black First Family." It is still a shocker no matter how many times you think about it.

Comment by THE KING OF OLE SKOOL MUZICK on November 7, 2008 at 5:25pm: IT MADE ME FEEL LIKE I ACTUALLY BELONGED IN SOCIETY AS STRONG YOUNG BLACK SINGLE FATHER

Comment by Wild Peach on November 7, 2008 at 5:17pm: I had a strange feeling Election Day, I couldn't put my finger on it, but it just felt different and here in Georgia, it was a glorious day, weather-wise.

As I was watching the results come in, when he took Pennsylvania and Virginia, I just knew he was going to do it for some reason. I couldn't help but reflect on the stories my grandparents told me about what they had endured...the humiliations, the violence, the demeaning acts done simply to break them and the courage they had to keep on keepin' on, despite the obsticles put before them.

I thought of what I had seen and experienced in my short time here and the tears just rolled, I was so overcome with the power of the many emotions and it made me so proud of not only President Obama, but all of those who lived, died and fought so hard for us to make it to this wonderful achievement.

I felt that at last, I finally belonged and that I was so blessed that I was able to live long enough to see that moment happen.

How about you, Michael, as a Black man, how did it make YOU feel?

Comment by Shannon on November 7, 2008 at 2:04pm: I would share what I'm felling but I can't find the words!!!!!!!!!!

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