Understanding the new American culture

This is not a break away from the technical aspect of the blog this is already a part of what you expect to know and what would influence you and your world in all terms, we’ve got to start understanding how a change in the center of the world would affect everything around us, pushing up the hope in our soles and minds, giving us the reason to wake up every morning with the ability to change this world. Yes, it’s Obama, it’s not actually about Obama it’s about the new era we are getting into, and how this guy has united a whole nation, spreading tons of promises for a better world. We must watch and act then.

American or non-American,  all will agree that a new day has dawned upon the world as of January 20th, Barack Hussein Obama was sworn as the president of the united states, and you don’t have to be a political scientist to understand why electing a black president with the middle name “Hussein” is a significant event for the united states and the world.

Americans love to identify the united states  as a “melting pot” of ethnicities, nationalities, customs and religions – which is completely true -  except no one really talks about who floats on top, and who toils at the bottom. mostly the “melting pot” analogy just makes everyone here feel better, Obama and the people who voted for him have reclaimed the”we” and even added a “yes” and a “can”! whatever your perspectives are there is no denying that Obama has created a “Culture of We”. according to what I heard, there is no other US political campaign has ever rivaled the spirit and tenacity that Obama’s campaign instilled in its supporters. Washington D.C was filled with 1.5 million people who came to watch and celebrate Obama’s inauguration, what does this exceptionally mean!

Some may point to “timing” as an explanation for his victory, other to technology, but perhaps the overwhelming support has something to do with Obama’s promise of change, his message of hope, his message of multiculturalism. one only has to listen to his inaugural speech to grasp that spirit and the appreciation that Obama has for diversity, here is a part: 

“…For us, they packed us their few worldly possessions and traveled across oceans in search of a new life. For us, they toiled in sweatshops and settled the west; endured the lash of the whip and plowed the hard earth…For we know that out patchwork heritage is a strength, not a weakness. We are a nation of Christians, Muslims, Jews and Hindus — and nonbelievers, We are shaped by every language and culture, drawn from every end of this earth…”

Obama’s multiculturalism and message of change might make the average American re-examine what exactly an “American” looks like and how to treat people who are different than themselves.