Obama!

I was really happy to see that Obama won the presidency. I am definitely a supporter and have been since he entered the race. While I am ecstatic about this and am very hopeful for the years to come, one BIG thing has been really bothering me...

For 3 hours on the TODAY show, they covered his victory. Awesome. He deserves it. But the main point they focused on was that 'history was made...' and 'first black president...'. I get it. We've never had a black president, and I think it's great that our country has evolved so much from where it was even 50 years ago. When I see Obama, I see an intelligent, kind, and ambitious man. I don't see a black man, or a white man (or both). I see a person who represents a better time to come, and a better future for my family. I see a man who deserves the position. I am bothered by the people who are greatly focused on his race. Yes, we have made great leaps in equality, but is it truly equality when we are still obsessed with someone's color? Positively or negatively? I am looking forward to the day when people don't see a person as white, black, or anything else. To a day when no one even notices race, because it truly doesn't matter. He got the job because he was the right man for the position. That's it.

That aside, I really am happy with the outcome of the election, and I know better days are here.