As I walked through ATL Airport a few weeks prior to the election I heard several airport workers discussing the debate from the previous night (10/15) in grave detail. I am amazed at how many of us on all economic levels are paying attention to what is going on. Never in my life had I heard black folks discussing politics in as much depth as I have over the past year. Which is the upside of us having a black man as president elect.
The downturn is our economy is in such a bad state, I hate that we as a country will not relish in wealth with a black man as president. We are in a term of gridlock and unfortunately our next president will get more heat in his first year alone than Bush has received his entire term. Blacks will be seeking relief from Obama while Whites and others will scrutinize for everything he does including wiping his ass. How do we find a medium?
In my opinion its simple. I think we must keep the momentum going after Obama becomes president. By that I mean this, it’s imperative that we encourage the people above to make sure they are involved on a local political level and not just vote every 4 years. We must "shore" up our families and friends and make sure they understand the most significant impacts come on the local level. Examples to give are local property taxes sales tax parks and street improvement etc.
Simply put you don't deal with your corporate CEO on a daily basis you deal with your directors and/or manager. Its important that we make sure our Councilman, Senators, Congressman, Mayors and Governors (managers/directors) are doing what’s required to improve our lives. Then effectively we can allow those individuals to pass our message on to the President (CEO).
If we continue at the pace we are going we can have a upside turn around to the downside of our current position.
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