"Now we are writing history"

On a day that provides so much hope and excitement to our nation I left my Race, Class and Ethnicity class lecture feeling deflated and discouraged. Instead of watching or talking about the inauguration my professor did his ol' Eeyore routine about race relations. Instead of looking forward to a united future in which we are comfortable addressing the issue of race and eager to accept one another he left (white) me with the feeling that there is an eternal divide and I'll never understand. I'm there to understand! It is very frustrating.
I just know that there is power in hope and encouragement and that is what my generation has received and this is what his generation has received. And when the WORLD wants change we can make change; and when the world needs change we better make change. There will always be hatred in this world but we don't need to let it control us, and dictate our way of life, and divide us against our will.
I watched the inaugural address on the computer when I got home. It was very somber, like they're saying, and I liked that, because hope and grave responsibility are what we should have, and certainly what our new leader should possess.
My favorite book, Les Miserables, was sitting on the couch where Tom had left it. I opened it to the bookmarked page and read this:
"People were transformed almost without suspecting it, by the very movement of time. The hand that sweeps the dial also moves among souls. Each individual took the next step forward."
Vive la Nation. God bless the United States of America.