by Haley J (age 12 and Black)
January 7, 2008
All this year, John Edwards has been telling Americans that a "black" cannot be elected President. Every child in America has heard this from the Edwards campaign. Should we all give up? Should we crawl into a hole and die? Should we forget about college and good jobs? Or should we tell John Edwards that he don't know nothing about America?
John Edwards would have us all give up our dreams. He would have us stop hoping and dreaming. He claims to know the outcome of elections before they happen. John Edwards, you were way behind Barack Obama in Iowa. John Edwards, you will be way behind Barack Obama at the finish line in this Presidential race.
Barack Obama is more than a black man. He is a person. Adolph Hitler defined people by who their parents were. A person with one Jewish grandparent was Jewish. It matters to John Edwards who Obama's parents were. To us, Obama's parents don't matter. What matters to us is whether blacks are seen as capable of winning the gold and achieving their dreams. John Edwards says, "No. Give up. Don't try. Don't support a black. A black can't make it." I say John Edwards is wrong.
America has great leaders. Dennis Kucinich, Mike Gravel, Maxine Waters, Cynthia McKinney, Al Sharpton, and Magic Johnson are all telling us we can be and have anything we want. They believe in the American dream. They want us to believe we can live the American dream. I believe in them. I believe we are the American dream.
Obama has ideas that voters like or don't like. Does a teenager going to war care whether the man who sent him or her to die is black or white? Does someone being executed for a federal crime care whether the President who didn't pardon him or her is black or white? Do voters about to lose their homes care if their savior is black or white?
My parents will be voting for Dennis Kucinich, a white man. They are not voting for him because he is white. They are voting for him because they like his ideas. They would vote for him if he were black, blue, purple or green. Voters who vote skin color are racist. We are more than the color of our skin. We are individuals with individual thoughts, ideas and dreams. Tell that to John Edwards.
All this year, John Edwards has been telling Americans that a "black" cannot be elected President. Every child in America has heard this from the Edwards campaign. Should we all give up? Should we crawl into a hole and die? Should we forget about college and good jobs? Or should we tell John Edwards that he don't know nothing about America?
John Edwards would have us all give up our dreams. He would have us stop hoping and dreaming. He claims to know the outcome of elections before they happen. John Edwards, you were way behind Barack Obama in Iowa. John Edwards, you will be way behind Barack Obama at the finish line in this Presidential race.
Barack Obama is more than a black man. He is a person. Adolph Hitler defined people by who their parents were. A person with one Jewish grandparent was Jewish. It matters to John Edwards who Obama's parents were. To us, Obama's parents don't matter. What matters to us is whether blacks are seen as capable of winning the gold and achieving their dreams. John Edwards says, "No. Give up. Don't try. Don't support a black. A black can't make it." I say John Edwards is wrong.
America has great leaders. Dennis Kucinich, Mike Gravel, Maxine Waters, Cynthia McKinney, Al Sharpton, and Magic Johnson are all telling us we can be and have anything we want. They believe in the American dream. They want us to believe we can live the American dream. I believe in them. I believe we are the American dream.
Obama has ideas that voters like or don't like. Does a teenager going to war care whether the man who sent him or her to die is black or white? Does someone being executed for a federal crime care whether the President who didn't pardon him or her is black or white? Do voters about to lose their homes care if their savior is black or white?
My parents will be voting for Dennis Kucinich, a white man. They are not voting for him because he is white. They are voting for him because they like his ideas. They would vote for him if he were black, blue, purple or green. Voters who vote skin color are racist. We are more than the color of our skin. We are individuals with individual thoughts, ideas and dreams. Tell that to John Edwards.
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