Voting for Obama in 2008 was surprisingly easy in my then home of Houston, TX. No long lines, just in and out. Casting that vote was for me, as for so many Americans of every ethnicity and gender, a highlight of my adult life. For me, like many blacks, casting this vote was not just…
Tag: Election 2016
Make America Great Again
I fell asleep last night around 11:30, watching so many states declared “too close to call”, but leaning towards Trump. I awoke at 4:30am, paralyzed. Somewhere between dreams and reality I saw myself turning on my phone and seeing messages like “Remarkable Upset”, “Clinton wins in a nail biter”, “The world breathes a sigh of…