Reactions to elections

the day of the presidential election i was at work. It was a late night, and i ended up leaving at like 11. The trains weren't working for some reason so i took the bus home. Heading into my building i heard gunshots. These shots i soon found out were shots of joy. When i got up stairs i called my mom to ask her who had won the election, expecting to not receive an answer because im used to elections going on all night, with recounts and all that. To my surprise i found out that obama had one the election with a landslide victory. Instantly i got goosbumps, and was really happy. I thought in my head finally we have a president in which i feel comfortable in placing americas future in. In andys class we talked about the election the day after, and some classmates brought up the whole idea that this can be very scary, and bad things can happen. This is because even though racism isnt common in our neiborhoods, and where we live there still is racism in america, and that also sent chills down my spine because i really think thats a horrible thing to imagine. Even andy was proud to have Obama as our president but he said that this can take a very bad turn.

While watching the news, i beleive 2 days after the election, i saw a story of 3 white men who were caught while trying to plan a way to assassinate obama. This instantly got me a little dissapointed in america all around, because if people still beleive this in the end of 2008, i think thats crazy. Whenever im put in a situation where i dont like a group of people because of what they beleive in, i like to put my self in there position. When trying to do this i instantly thought its probably what they are being raised around. If my mother had brought me up to be a racist i beleive i would have honestly grown up to be a racist until i had an event or something change my perceptions. i beleive this happens all the time. An example is how now a days i see kids hating homosexuals, and i beleive that is because there family member dissaprove. I myself was told by my family and friends, being a homo is bad. Thus in my life i still to this day associate someone being bad or being wack as being a homo. I dont hate gay people, and i beleive i would be able to have a gay friend but since this was planted in my brain while i was young i had beleived this was bad, but now i understand i dont think its bad anymore.

In conclusion i have no idea what to expect from this election. With a black president i beleive a lot of good things can come. I honestly cant wait. Everyone expects the change to be instant, but i understand that its going to take a while, and we as "americans" need to work together to get this change to happen. Honestly all i can do is hope for the best, and i expect great things to happen.