Change Ahead: Accepting Responsibility

 One part of wanting justice for our nation will be having to accept our own hand in letting the government get out of control. Whenever something goes wrong in our country, our first instinct is to blame our president. Now you can sit there and blame Obama all you want, but if you were to flip the script with McCain as president you'd probably be doing the same. Now there has been some changes that Obama has done for our country that haven't been the most beneficial to us but we also need to acknowledge the fact that his hands are tied. His hands are tied for a variety of reasons, some known to us and others unknown to the general public. One obvious reason (to the minorities of this country at least)is something that the republicans and FOX will never admit: their problem with his appearance, their problem with him being an educated minority, and their biggest problem with him running this country because of all the prior reasons listed. They're making it absolutely difficult for him to pass anything that might help us (i.e. JOBS). But now we have to stop ourselves and wonder: how did we even let this many republicans represent us in Washington to begin with?

These republicans are supposed to be representing US (just look at the name- house of representatives), so how is it that they are supporting ideas and bills which we don't believe in. This is where the theme accepting responsibility comes from. We have to accept the fact that our LACK of responsibility deterred us from taking to voting polls and making sure we had given Obama more democratic support. The people who are voting now, ironically enough, are the ones gullible enough to believe everything the republicans say about Obama whether it's based off of real facts or not (that he's Muslim or wasn't born in the US). So please if you're registered to vote, which unfortunately many minorities still aren't, make sure you take to the polls on this upcoming election day. Election days aren't always just reserved for presidents, as we also take utilize this day to vote for other elected officials as well. We also need to accept that there's still much discrimination in this world, not even towards just African Americans but towards immigrants, West-Indian Americans, Spanish speaking communities, etc. Pretty much if you don't fit the republican ideal view of an American who speaks just English and nothing else, doesn't struggle or live in an inner city but in a picture perfect suburb with a white picket fence, and makes over $150,000 then they don't and will not care about or FOR you.

The wrong people are representing us and making decisions for us. We are so distracted by what we see on TMZ and television that we don't even bother to keep up with the news. Stop blaming Obama for every little thing. At one point you have to say, have I done everything I can to make my situation and community a better place? We already established and have seen that politics and the CEOs on Wall Street and of major corporations have put profits and greed before us regular human beings trying to make a decent living. Accept the responsibility to make your voice heard, your vote count, and your politicians listen.