Still on the Obama Watch

I think that the president and First Lady contribute to a more positive socialization of other African American women and men because of their success on making it. It gives people like me the strength to keep going on and knowing how they said it will never be blacks in the white house and now it is. They didn't believe that blacks would ever run this country and that the whites wouldn't let him, and now that has been overcame. Their are whites out their who voted for him because they wanted some real change. They didn't want all of these race issues and problems between diversity to go on, and this proves how much we have changed since back in the day and the slavery days. Though it is still racist things going on, this proves that everyone isn't that way. It also shows the blacks how much power we have and how much of a difference we can make by getting him in the white house. Are voting was big for change and we made a big change by enrolling all these people to vote who never did, I even went out for my first time but was turned around because I was enrolled in a different county, but the thing was that I tried. It was even people who took trips back to their hometown from school just to vote and come right back. That is the things they did for change, and that was a big step to make something happen. Their images is important because right now they are the face of black people. They are the role models for black women and men, and are viewed in the public eye for our race. Those two show how blacks are really and not the stereotype of us. Now maybe they can change that stereotype and we can be viewed as smart, intelligent, beautiful, and not people who don't know how to act. It also really helps women because it shows that they can be successful and don't have to be a servant to their husband but just a supporter in what they do and keep their family strong. For the males it shows that we don't have to be afraid to love our black women but yet it's a good thing. He shows that we need to keep our family together, do the best we can to support them, and treat our women with respect as he does for Michelle.