viva la revolución!

i believe the like minds understand and agree with you moya. there is hope but reserved. all along the (my) feeling was and is still, that no matter who sits in that office, is working for the factions of us imperialism. without a doubt obama’s camp is of a conservative (and corporate?) nature. his election symbolic of… but what now? we need more than symbolism.

i must admit i thoroughly enjoyed the glow moments after the elections…the release from a feel of repression, (even if only for the moment), on the faces of so many. the joy expressed, the smiles, all those beautiful smiles. too long overdue.

i don’t think obama’s election is an answer to anything, but i do believe in the potential for him to be a way to a better means. (ie. the smiles, the greener, the eyes of children seeing a face of color in the role of an intelligent leader – especially in relation to what children have seen in the face of white in the role of a not so intelligent leader). did i say that right?

the aspect of worse off for many is sad. we have to watch out for each other and look for the flags that can lead to that, then act accordingly. like you said ms bailey, stay vigilant, critical, and skeptical. it is not a time to be less than that for all of us.

i truly understand, and sad smiled, and nodded my head in agreement with your statement, “Is it enthusiasm for the fact that a person of color has reached the white house or is it sadness that a person of color is at the helm of an empire that wrought such pain and destruction among their peoples?” it is hard to know what to feel, really. is that a paradigm?

i don’t know why i said so much, as you said it all perfectly ms bailey. i don’t see you as a cynic, as much as i see you as a very intelligent realist. i thank you for your contribution and truly feel your writing, is the way, to start this week of the african american perspective on umx.

ps i loved this…”Will we become complacent because Obama is the new president of the fundamentally illegal, stolen, and pilfered United States?” an excellent example of all the well said in your writing.

knowledge of how much we still need to work on, what the problems still are.

They aren’t mutually exclusive. And, in my opinion, they are equally important. I liked what you had to say.

Moya, I was and remain ambivalent from before the election, through it and to now. Obvio from a different perspective and place than you pero I think it’s important to not just accept the election results as a clear win but rather use it as another point of analysis, which may, yes be from a harder place than before.

Maybe. Or maybe just levelheaded and properly skeptical. Whatever we call it, I’m glad we have people thinking this out in this way. The hope is good, the change is good, but you bring many important doubts and realities to the fore.

Gracias.