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WE Won?

I get slightly irritated when something major happens for a black person, and then people post things like "we" won.  What's with the division talk?  Divided enough as we are, how is it winning?  Will I get a check in the mail for a black person breaking a barrier?  I have yet to receive one.  What people here in America fail to realize is that we are one nation.  Other countries do not identify us as the United States of Different Races, but as the United States of America.  I have yet to read a BBC article outlining the U.S. news by race.  Do they do that in South Africa?

What we have to realize is that it is up us to ourselves to build up each other.  I can't live comfortably knowing a friend of mine is having hard times.  I will offer help and advice, and if they choose to take it...so be it.  Also, people here need to realize the resources and opportunities we have and take advantage of them.  It's so easy for people from other countries to come over and move upward on the life ladder, because they use the resources provided to them to the full extent.  I understand how some may have a hard time due to certain circumstances, but that is never a reason to give up.  

While working in DC, I saw the most amazing people go to work, whom others might classify as disabled.  Some days it brought tears to my eyes when I was loathing in self pity, and it always motivated me to do more, be more.  Also, I understand how it is to be unemployed, because I was there a couple of times, and just attended school when I couldn't find anything (I have yet to earn a degree...currently a work in progress).  Currently I'm working in a field I've grown tired of.  However, until I can make a smooth transition out, I'm going to keep doing what I'm doing and strive at it.    

Race talk is just tiring.  It's 2012, and we should be past this.  We can't progress as a nation if we are continuously breaking each other down.  I exercised my right to vote yesterday because of the people who paved the way for me to do so.  I chose who I chose because of the direction I wanted to see this country go, and I'm just not quite ready to wear a burqa just yet.  

Side note....I sleep on a blow up mattress in my living room because I haven't found the right furniture to purchase, but I had the brightest idea tonight which was to make my own for a Moroccan style living room....oh yeah!


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