Casa Negra?

Have not penned anything for the longest time. Can hardly remember the reason that stopped me from ever coming back to this corner of the world.

A lot of things have happened since my cat got neutered. Obviously, it is not having a pregnant female cat around but so much more significant, life altering experiences.

Experiences are just that, one would imagine. Hardly just categorizing it into bad or good experiences. We live through them all, we survive them all and we are better off or worse off consequentially.However, we are never stagnant. Never in one place. Always moving off and hopefully moving on.

Yesterday, an African American won the race to for the White House. I have always wondered why the term "african american"? Is it not sufficient to describe a man by his nationality without having to resort to somehow also classifying him racially? Are those "americans" with prefix to their nationality description somehow inferior or perhaps superior than those who just refer to themselves as eg "american"? This is a question that have gained much importance judging by the 'shrinking' globe and migration trends.

I do not wish to ponder on the 'shrinking' of planet earth or the travel and migration patterns of the animal man.

There was some form of euphoria(and i know this is an understatement) around the globe emanating from the Obama win. Is it an euphoria of the triumph of minority? Or is it just an euphoria of change? Many of the wise analysts were speculating that it is a message of triumphant blacks, some say minority, some say possibilities that is the US. But in truth after 8 years of W, any change is bound to trigger euphoria.

Perhaps it is not that one race or racial group or segment of society that triumphed over the other. If that is the value we take from this victory, then it is sad as all we care about is one race/class of society putting one over the others.

I am an idealist. I am allowed to be. I believe what triumphed was values.Obama was the reflection of that values. What are those values? Hell, it differs from one person to another but everybody saw the values they wanted to see in the man called Obama. The way the president elect campaigned showed that he was the idol that embodies these values. Of course the core unifying value would be change. But it was radiated so deep in us that we see the changes that we ourselves hope we can make within us. That was what happenned on 4.11.2008.

A mention must be made re the concession speech by McCain. Graceful in defeat and that final speech won him a lot of admirer I feel. The test has just begun, for all of us.

Then again, I am no US citizen. Godspeed president elect!!