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- tcbishop12, on 07/16/2008, -0/+8In years to come, this speech that Obama gave will be ranked among the most significant in our nation's history. Like Lincoln's Gettysburg address, John F. Kennedy's exhortation to "Ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country," or Martin Luther King's "I have a dream" vision of a unified America free of bigotry and hatred, historians will view Obama's speech as an eloquent address producing effects far greater than "just words" ever could.
His nuanced truth-telling about race in America, at a pivotal point in our history, offers all Americans a choice: "Will we just pick ourselves up and continue as if nothing happened? Or will we rise to the challenge and finally, as a nation, begin to talk about race in a way that heals, not hurts? Will we use this moment to bring about real change or will we use it to keep replaying the same old tapes of anger, bitterness, and resentment that have not united, but rather, divided us?"
Not only did Obama's speech -- at once personal and intellectual -- reveal some of the subtle complexities of American race relations; it also revealed that Obama is the only candidate in this election who even comes close to understanding the underlying mechanics of societal change.
Not just how to create policy changes in Washington, but how to create the shifts in collective attitudes and beliefs that are needed to enable more fair, just, and effective policies to take hold.
This is the hidden power of words, and of authentic truth-telling.
Together, they can change the collective consciousness.
Barack Obama's challenge is to lift the consciousness of the people -- and still remain in the game.
Although profoundly skilled at the change game, he cannot do this alone. Success will require a genuine shift of consciousness in the people he hopes to lead.
Ghandi said we must be the change we wish to see in the world. Sen. Obama reminds us that we are the change we have been waiting for.
This is why so many of us Obama supporters are so profoundly committed to this election. We are not merely swooning over a cult figure. We are responding to the call to go higher, wider, deeper, truer. We know it is only a leap of consciousness that will produce the depth of change the world now seeks. - motivatedmama, on 07/16/2008, -0/+2Thanks for bringing this out again. It seems time has dulled the impact of this wonderful message while the daily skirmishes muddy the waters. It's not the talking points we should be interested in. Obama embodies the values he espouses. That's genuine character I can vote for.
- digitronix, on 07/17/2008, -0/+1Like it's perfect already. * rolls eyes *
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