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All Praises are Due to Allah!

By TheBlaqueProfessor - Jun 6th, 2009 at 2:47 am EDT

Two years ago I spoke with my republican friends about the value of Barack Hussein Obama's heritage(s): his father's African and Islamic background, his mothers white, Judeo-Christian, middle-American background, then Senator Obama's middle name, the color of his skin, the power of his Ivy League education. All of these characteristics and human qualities rolled into one man are what gets now President Obama the respect from the people of the Middle East and Islamic world--the woman and man on the street and the powers of their countries--that is required to right the wrongs presented by both sides of the tensions between America and the Muslim world.President Obama's speech in Cairo, Egypt is relevant to not only Muslims, but also to African Americans, many of which consider themselves Muslims and decedents of Africa. Obama is the new face of justice for us. Palestine might again rise to a place of equal standing. The negative image and former actions of Hamas can be brought to a place where negotiations for a 2-State existence between them and Jews in the Middle East may yet occur. Young Muslims in the Middle East may begin to take the road to education, rather than the road to radicalism. Young Muslim women may see their freedom as women and citizens of their respective countries, and the Burka may be laid to rest or considered 'optional'. By the President stating clearly that he has no intensions of democratizing the rest of the world he is also saying that he has respect for us, our various lifestyles and geographic spaces. However, I thought it was a pinnacle moment when President Obama stated that regardless of religion, it should be all of our objectives to treat others as we would want to be treated. This philosophy is 180 degrees from white privilege, white power, superpower, gaze of development, or any other tradition that enslaved and oppressed millions for centuries, and there is no turning back. President Obama has, what may be the first time an American President BEGAN discourse with another culture with rhetoric of equality.

Thanks Mr. President! This IS change I can believe it and my voting for you has been worth it in every way. . .

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American Heathcare System

By TheBlaqueProfessor - May 20th, 2009 at 12:04 am EDT

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Now that Senator Obama has been President Obama and has passed his first litmus test--surviving the Republican hostility in his first 100 days--it's time to make a move on Healthcare. As tax-paying, legal citizens, every American not only should, but must have access to affordable healthcare. In fact, healthcare is like real estate, another problematic economic nightmare for many people. It makes not sense that if I was unemployed with children as a single mother, I would have full access a free healthcare system for myself and my children. As a woman born with a debilitating disease that moved into my brain five years ago, I am considered 'uninsurable', which is absurd, considering the contributions my tax dollars make to this country (44% of my gross income!) How dare anyone consider my life one not worth saving while my tax dollars keep other people either rich or well fed! This must change.President Obama already made the most important move on healthcare: he approved CHIP; a beautiful thing. But now it is time for ALL Americans to have access to affordable and technologically savvy healthcare, NOW. We must band together under an umbrella of understanding that there will always be an available seat in the house of ill health and there is a space for EVERYONE. If it is not you right now, don't worry, your time will surely come when you are in need of healthcare for something serious. It happens to us all, eventually. If you loose your job, will you be prepared? If you contract HIV, will you be prepared? If your child (Allah forbid) should be diagnosed with some dreaded disease, is your family prepared to sell everything it owns for the sake of that child? Or do you take your health and your current access to or need for healthcare for granted?

Let me be as clear as I can: for everyone person with healthcare, there is one person without it. Are you ready for your turn on that wheel, or are you ready to get down to business and demand equal access and quality healthcare for all Americans? Hmmm. . .

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Looking to November 4, 2008

By TheBlaqueProfessor - Jun 7th, 2008 at 5:40 pm EDT

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History has been made. The first African American presidential nominee for the Democratic party has been determined. But the fight is not over. John McCain, whose policies, for the most part, mirror GWBush's, is going to play hard and dirty. With Sen. Clinton's backing, Sen. Obama stands a good chance to win the White House. I'm happy beyond words that this first leg is over, but am certainly afraid of the outcome for Americans if McCain should win because he played the religious, race, or experience cards, none of which are legitimate. I hope that the women who supported Sen. Clinton so vehemently were not in her camp for the sake of gender, but rather for the sake of national policy. If the former is true, they were probably Republicans anyway; but if the latter is true, I just don't see how the could flip to the Republican party and feel good about themselves as women because the first right they will loose is the right to choose what happens with and inside of their own bodies. So ladies, let's join together and support Barack Obama. His skin, name, and age don't matter. His policies, which, for the most part, are the same as Hillary Clinton's, are what matters.

FIRED UP AND READY TO GO. LET'S MAKE THIS CHANGE, FOR ALL AMERICANS' SAKE. YES WE CAN!!

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Your vote is paramount!

By TheBlaqueProfessor - Mar 4th, 2008 at 8:48 pm EST

Minorities and the poor often find themselves disenfranchised from the vote, the most fundamental aspect of American citizenship, and therefore, American Dream. Many sacrifices have been made by African Americans for which non-blacks now benefit. It is unintelligent not to vote, as our grandmothers and grandfathers were asked, "How many bubbles in a bar of soap," or "how many raindrops fall in 15 square feet of space in 15 minutes" before being allowed to vote. Of course, those votes were cast as often as someone can answer either one of ridiculous questions. That is why being an American requires a commitment to democracy and that commitment requires us to vote. Pennsylvanians don't depend on the ideas of our Gov. Rendell. Vote your own knowledge base; vote your own heart. Use your voice and be heard in the most historically important election in American history. Dr. King's dream is fast becoming a contemporary reality. Show him that you respect his victory, as without King, there would be no Barak Obama. We owe them both. Get out the vote!

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