Obama promised me immigration reform
Obama, a hope to not shut doors
November 8, 2008 OBAMANOS!! Election night we gathered with friends around their large screened TV drinking agua de Jamaica and mojitos as the results tumbled in. At 11pm with cheeks wet with tears, hugging our children, the elation took over watching Barak Obama and his family on stage. WOW! ANDALE! Our new leader, the new face of the United States, the possibility of change. A leader we can listen to, admire, respect. An African American man who has already galvanized so many and is going to head us down the road of change. We can finally hold our heads higher as people from the United States. The next morning at our kids school Mexican friends hugged us saying, "Por fin, ganamos la democracia!" Finally democracy wins! Later that day I walked down the dusty road to get some vegetables from a local vendor and he greets me with a toothless grin "EY guera, ganamos la democracia y Bush se va a ir volando!" Hey white one, we won democracy, and Bush goes flying! While surfing the web for blogs and news on Wednesday the videos and text of people celebrating in Africa, India, Sydney Australia show some shifting of tectonic plates in how the US is seen from afar. Talia wakes up in the cool Oaxacan morning and tells us at breakfast with great calm and clarity, "I knew that Obama would win." I think of her being unfettered and not burdened by the weight of 8 years of Bush and beyond! There was no question in her mind that the absolutely best candidate would win and that we can move forward with hope to make change!! OBAMANOS!!
November 8, 2008 OBAMANOS!! Election night we gathered with friends around their large screened TV drinking agua de Jamaica and mojitos as the results tumbled in. At 11pm with cheeks wet with tears, hugging our children, the elation took over watching Barak Obama and his family on stage. WOW! ANDALE! Our new leader, the new face of the United States, the possibility of change. A leader we can listen to, admire, respect. An African American man who has already galvanized so many and is going to head us down the road of change. We can finally hold our heads higher as people from the United States. The next morning at our kids school Mexican friends hugged us saying, "Por fin, ganamos la democracia!" Finally democracy wins! Later that day I walked down the dusty road to get some vegetables from a local vendor and he greets me with a toothless grin "EY guera, ganamos la democracia y Bush se va a ir volando!" Hey white one, we won democracy, and Bush goes flying! While surfing the web for blogs and news on Wednesday the videos and text of people celebrating in Africa, India, Sydney Australia show some shifting of tectonic plates in how the US is seen from afar. Talia wakes up in the cool Oaxacan morning and tells us at breakfast with great calm and clarity, "I knew that Obama would win." I think of her being unfettered and not burdened by the weight of 8 years of Bush and beyond! There was no question in her mind that the absolutely best candidate would win and that we can move forward with hope to make change!! OBAMANOS!!
And now as Obama assumes the presidency, it's not just the U.S. public that has high expectations for change. Take a look at the headlines above - Mexicans desire big changes in our immigration policy - an embrace perhaps, instead of a shut door.
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