Each time I watch his speech at Grant Park in Chicago, I can’t control my tears. Can you understand this moment? He is not only a black candidate (now elected president of the United States of America), but also a son of an immigrant from Kenya. The son of an African man can be the president of the United States of America. This is the moment, this is the reason that why so many people want to come to this country. Your son can be the president of the US if he is qualified. Can you imagine? a black family will live in “White House” for at least four years? This is the moment; this is the moment of change. I am sure Martin watches this moment and can tell you, his dream finally came true.
This generation may forget many things, but the past generation remembers how Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat in a public bus to a white passenger. She was arrested and convicted for disorderly conduct and violating a local ordinance in 1955. The past generation remembers 200,000 people joined the March on Washington D.C and Martin Luther King Jr gave his famous speech “I have a dream”.
Each time I think about Barak and Michelle and their dates in Harvard Square, I feel more connected to these respectful fellows. I usually do my groceries at Market Basket very close to the Harvard Law School, because of better deal, who knows, may Barack and Michelle would go there as well.
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