Thank you for those warm wishes. I can see you with all smiles, laughter and with displays of admiration. We are so happy here at this historical time. The election of the first ‘African-American/ visually multiply ethnic’ President is more than a breath of fresh air for many. This is true especially for those who fought against ferocious dogs and water hoses and police brutality in order to get the American vote. The suppressed breath for real citizenship has been exhaled.
~Email from a dear friend, a southern, African-American lady, who had to flee her state after marrying a white man in the ‘70s. She is now blind, but has the clearest insight of any person I know.
Also, jerk those tear glands here.
Wisdom Wears Neon Pyjamas 
“The suppressed breath for real citizenship has been exhaled.”
Sent shivers down my brown-skin-covered spine.
Uh-oh… that story was a real tear jerker… of the happy-sad kind.
How on earth do you unearth these stories
Stealing our hearts with these tear-jerking chories
Warm regards to your friend
Tell her we pray that this trend
Wipes out from her life, all those bitter memories!
beautiful story about gene OJ. reminds me of a few lines written by some french-canadian journalist after obama’s victory: ‘one of the few times I’ve been proud to be human.’
M4: I just hope he lives up to all the hype. It alarms me, how much we appear in need of a messiah.
Pallavi: Is Bollywood listening? 😉
Aunty G: She’s a woman of strength, that one. And enough soul for three people.
Nino’s Mum: I can’t help but remember, though, that his upbringing was primarily white, which probably gave him a covert edge while he went around looking like a minority. This is not to take away from his achievements, but I can’t seem to discount it either.
Thank you ever so much for sharing that wonderful story in the LA times. Very poignant. I am glad that Gene lived to see the day even though it was only one half of the happy pair.
gitanjalib: Hello you. 🙂 Good to have you here.