I guess I always knew I was going to have something to say about today. A truly momentous day for all Black Americans. It represents a crack in the door. A door that its firmly slammed shut exterior has seen more Black young men graduating from the prison system than from the educational system. Has seen Black women more marginalised and brutalised in their communities and the society than when they couldn't vote. It has been a time when Black people have identified leisure and entertainment as their best, and maybe only, path to financial security and a better life. Even though less than one percent of prospects go on to achieve a professional career in sports or in showbiz. So I can see why a lot of people
see Barack Obama's succession to the presidency as the culmination of all the civil rights fights and the fulfilment of Martin Luther King's dream. But is it? Have we now finally overcome?
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