http://www.bhamweekly.com/2008/03/18/obama-speech-more-perfect-union/ News, Entertainment & Points of View Fri, 19 Mar 2010 02:05:24 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.bhamweekly.com/2008/03/18/obama-speech-more-perfect-union/comment-page-1/#comment-564 Inside Source Wed, 19 Mar 2008 17:07:54 +0000 http://bhamweekly.com/blog/2008/03/18/obama-speech-more-perfect-union/#comment-564 Wow. I am speechless. As an African-American Republican woman, I find myself at war within my own soul. Henry Louis Gates speaks of this in his book "Signifying Monkey"; W.E.B. DuBois alludes to this concept of the double-consciousness of Blacks as being both Black and American. I did my undergraduate thesis on this concept of being Black, American, and a woman and how this is perpetuated in the writings of Toni Morrison. All of this is to say, this man's speech really touched me. If I wasn't sure about his ability to be a great President of the United States of America, I am now; if I wasn't sure whether or not the Country is "ready" for a Black President, I am still unsure but rest assured that the Country NEEDS this President ready or not. Wow. I am speechless. As an African-American Republican woman, I find myself at war within my own soul. Henry Louis Gates speaks of this in his book “Signifying Monkey”; W.E.B. DuBois alludes to this concept of the double-consciousness of Blacks as being both Black and American. I did my undergraduate thesis on this concept of being Black, American, and a woman and how this is perpetuated in the writings of Toni Morrison. All of this is to say, this man’s speech really touched me. If I wasn’t sure about his ability to be a great President of the United States of America, I am now; if I wasn’t sure whether or not the Country is “ready” for a Black President, I am still unsure but rest assured that the Country NEEDS this President ready or not.

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