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I’m standing by President Obama, he was given an impossible task and also became a huge messiah figure with expectations which no one could live up to. I’m going to keep remembering that he said getting the country out of the hell that Bush dumped it into would be hard. I’m letting the children in my life know this too.
speaking as a european – Obama is held in great esteem by the wider world as a mature and able leader (not common traits in politics generally!)
I am frustrated by my lack of immediate response to racism and other ugly statements/opinions that others voice. I find it often happens when the perspective is nestled in a conversation.
Hi, my family and I currently live abroad, but my partner and I sometimes discuss where else we would want to live and raise our multiracial family.
I’d love to put the question out to you all – where in America (and beyond), do you feel is a supportive environment to raise a multiracial family? Do you have a city/neighborhood you love? Or one that you couldn’t be payed to live in?
I am thinking about this.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/27/us/27race.html?em
This post I came across a few days ago made me think:
http://mindofmalaka.wordpress.com/2010/02/21/what-would-white-people-say/
but it hasn’t attracted enough readership to answer the questions posed within. I’d love to see someone tackle it.
I, too, am sticking with him because he has a thankless task and public memory grows ever shorter. That being said, locally (and where possible, nationally), I am done with the dems. My vote is going green or working party from hereon out. I may be “throwing away” my votes, but women are chronically and consistently thrown under the bus by both major parties and I just can’t hold my nose and pull the lever any more.
I’m with you, Amanda!
Attending the inauguration was a life highlight, and I still trust and support his leadership, whether or not I agree with a particular decision or direction.
He also told us that making the changes we wanted to see was about US, not about him, so I’m trying to do my part, as I’m sure we all are.
To work on in the next 10 weeks: comprehensive immigration reform!!!
We had an awful experience this week, where two children refused to hold hands with my kids because of their skin color. What’s worse, the parents were in total denial that it happened. I wrote about it here. I’m still reeling a bit.
http://www.rageagainsttheminivan.com/2010/02/little-bigots-at-basketball.html
[Editor's note: Kristen, can we crosspost this?]
@mk: actually, over here in Holland, they’re starting to see him as ineffectual, mainly due to the health care debate. Same thing in Germany (c.f. that Carnaval float with him and Hu Jin Tao).
@Kohana: My wife and I talk about moving to a log cabin in BC when we leave Amsterdam. That’s more because she wants enough space to keep goats than the community itself. I could see living in Ithaca, NY or Boston, mainly cause I’m used to them but I think they’d be good places to race a mixed family. Personally, I don’t know if I could live in Texas or Kansas or any of the other real bible-belty places.
I’m a bit disappointed that he hasn’t followed up on promises about tortue, Gitmo, and gay rights. I think he’s not offered quite as much moral leadership as he could. Still happy with him as President, though, and don’t see anyone else I’d vote for in the next couple years…
dersk – thanks for your post – more than a bit arrogant of me to claim to represent all of europe ! i think i meant what you ended with most of all – even with is faults he is still head and shoulders above the rest – who else would you vote for? i can’t see anyone remotely even emerging