(Photo from Huffington Post)Si el amigo de la foto está contento allá en Senegal, imagínense como nos sentimos acá en EE.UU. En el Bronx, donde vivo, la gente sacó tamboras a tocar merengue en las calles hasta las 2 de la mañana. El hecho que EE.UU. va a tener un presidente Afro es, a la vez, el fruto de 400 años de lucha, y solamente el principio de un proyecto de nación y de mundo que está incipiente todavía. Por ahora, Obama y su familia merecen sus dos meses de vacaciones, pero en enero, empieza el trabajo duro. Aquí en Estados, le deseamos suerte y nos compremetemos a apoyar. A ver que nos trae el futuro.
If the guy in the photo is happy all the way over in Senegal, imagine how we're feeling here in the US. In the Bronx, where I live, people took out their tamboras and played merengue until 2 in the morning. The fact that we're going to have a black president is both the fruit of 400 years of black struggle and only the beginning of a nation-building (and world-building) project that's still incipient, and our man has his work cut out for him. For now, Barack and his family deserve two months of much-needed rest, but in January, the heavy lifting starts. Here in the US, we wish him luck and pledge ourselves to help him along. We'll see what the future brings.
If the guy in the photo is happy all the way over in Senegal, imagine how we're feeling here in the US. In the Bronx, where I live, people took out their tamboras and played merengue until 2 in the morning. The fact that we're going to have a black president is both the fruit of 400 years of black struggle and only the beginning of a nation-building (and world-building) project that's still incipient, and our man has his work cut out for him. For now, Barack and his family deserve two months of much-needed rest, but in January, the heavy lifting starts. Here in the US, we wish him luck and pledge ourselves to help him along. We'll see what the future brings.
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