Now what???

It happened. Obama won the nomination and as of today Hillary Clinton has suspended her campaign.

Now comes the hard part, winning the White House in November. America will be put to the test these next five months we will truly find out how far we’ve come as a nation.

I don’t use this term lightly but I am very happy that Obama has the opportunity to run. It’s a long time coming and it’s not going to be easy but I know in my heart it is possible.

Now that I’ve gotten that positive stuff out of the way I would like to take this time to get some things off my chest.

I really didn’t know what to think of Chris Matthews and Tom Brokaw getting misty eyed Tuesday night. It just felt weird to see them get emotional about the prospect of a black man becoming president of the United States. In one way I felt as if they were patting themselves on the back as if to say, “Look how far we’ve come people see racism is dying.” But that’s how I felt in the moment. As the thought of Obama becoming president sunk in I realized that my first reaction may not have been on point. Maybe just maybe these men were being sincere.

These past few days I’ve come to realize the depth of how whites and blacks view race in this country. In the majority of white people’s minds racism is a dead issue. But to a majority of black people in America it’s still an issue that permeates our daily lives.

There in lies the problem. How can we in the post-Obama world see eye to eye?