America is still America
As she watched Obama’s acceptance speech, while scanning the audience for famous rappers, Shanxi-born PR executive Yuanyuan shed some tears. This emotional response came because it was so moving to finally see an American president who could put two sentences together. Obama’s rhetorical ability might not equal Chairman Mao’s, but it was better than that of a kindergarten student. Explaining her other reasons for crying she said “America is still America!” and that the country she knew when she was growing up had now regained its spirit. After so many years of making cynical jokes about the United States, she feels that the country finally has hope.
Acknowledging that it is quite boring to always talk about Obama’s ethnicity, Yuanyuan observes that it has taken centuries for the West to surmount its history of prejudice. She encourages Americans to remember the amount of sweat and tears of civil rights activitists that went into bringing this outcome. Developing countries will find this outcome most inspirational, she says. And finally the country has a beautiful first family!
At the same time, Yuanyuan acknowleges that expectations will inevitably be too high and the new president has to face a huge number of challenges including the recession and the wars started by the previous administration. As this article in Chinese from Sohu says so well, we cannot treat Obama as though he is a god, because the problems faced now demand no less.
What a mature political perspective and it comes with such an attractive person. If the man /woman on the street in Beijing displays such sophisticated word views, hope comes not with the US electoral process but also for the global community.
Is this blog still about fashion in Beijing? Enough about american politics.
Haha…I sometimes attempt moves to escape that box. Thank you for reminding me of my true mission.
Western prejudice? This coming from a Chinese person. You’ll never see a black leader of China because the Chinese still have their wits about them. This woman is naive as the American voters.
Cryptic. Another reason you might not see a black leader here is that there aren’t a huge number of black people in China at least not of the African variety. It would be pretty cool to see a black leader of this country though – or some kind of minority anyway.
People are really tired and bored with political opinion. Time for action, new trends and global fashion.
I was inpressed by both his previous experiences and his brilliant speech. He make American history as the first black president and I am sured that he will bring new vigor and vitality into American politic policy. Congratulation to this president-elect–Obama
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