This is Our Country

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I've been delaying writing on this for a minute because I wanted to put the time into really explaining my feelings on it. However, sometimes you just have to let the thing speak for itself. The videos release, and the conflict behind it, have been going on throughout the holiday season with much of the turmoil taking place around the time of Obama's win in Iowa. The video was stunning but not quite surprising. With potentially the 1st African-American President in our midst the fact of there being two Americas still exists; differing Americas where your class and your race determine outcomes. Do not let the potential of a female and African-American President overshadow the struggle of real people, real Americans who are treated as refugees, real Americans treated as if they aren't human. I write this not to be pessimistic but to call attention to urgent realities. Attention to these realities followed up by action and change will make me more optimistic, not just changing faces in the world of politics.