How Far We Have Come, How Far We Have Yet to Go

A Treatise on Race Relations in America and a Reflection on Its Current Hypocrisies

On the days after the most important election of our lives, I am still reminded and inspired by what this great country is capable of. We have just, as a people, come together and voted a black man to be in the most exclusive and powerful club in the world, the Presidents of the United States of America.

Black people were turned away in record numbers at the polls this year.But the outcome reminds me also of how far we have to go yet. There are numerous problems in this country. Even though we are the greatest country in the world, the equality and prosperity promised by the Constitution has yet to be fulfilled completely.

For example (and this is the primary example I will be focusing on throughout this diatribe), why are black people still being denied the right to vote? Why can everyone and their midget bastard child vote, but African-Americans are not allowed?

We have a black president, but blacks still can't vote? Why?

The fact that we have elected a black president speaks volumes about America's tolerance, understanding, and ability to adapt and change with the times, for the better. That is why I am shocked and appalled that after this milestone, black people can't even exercise their most important rights as citizens of this great country.

Just as Abraham Lincoln freed the slaves via the Emancipation Proclamation, I too wish to free black people. Why hasn't anyone else brought this up yet? Why hasn't anyone but me exposed this hypocrisy and double-standard? I know I'm not the only crusader of justice in this country. Come on, people. Where are the great Americans who built this country? The descendents of Benjamin Franklin, George Washington, where are you?

Now I know some people would say I'm a hero for bringing attention to this issue and shedding light on it. But please, I am a humble, modest man. I need not your praises. I do what I can, and I hope you will do the same. That is all I ask.

Just like the great Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. before me spoke about his dream for equality, I too do the same. Just as Abraham Lincoln freed the slaves via the Emancipation Proclamation, ending the biggest and last reign of tyranny in this country, I too wish to free black people. Not from forced servitude, but from the hypocritical ideological principles so many in this country believe. We can't stand by and say that everyone in this country is equal when that is not the case. America is destined to be better than that, and by doing any less, we would be spitting in the face of our Founding Fathers, who gave us the freedom and rights that we so ironically use to oppress others and strip them of their freedom and rights.

So what do I propose? Nothing radical. After all, I am a God-fearing, careful man, and I dare not try and create overreaching legislature or corrupt, selfish laws. Thus, I simply put forward this proposition: We create like, an amendment, or something of that nature, giving African-Americans the right to vote. Nothing more, nothing less. We could call it the 15^th Amendment, or whatever, it doesn't really matter. The name is not important, but the inherent, underlying issue is. And that issue is providing all American peoples, regardless of race, background, religion, beliefs, or any other difference imaginable, a fair and equal standard of living and opportunity. For America cannot continue to remain number 1 while secretly dividing its citizens and stripping them of the very rights and freedoms that make our country so strong. A country that does that, well quite honestly they're probably Mexico.