Obama's Bad Week

Obama had a very interesting week recently. He argued against on various occasions. It got to a point to where the people who supported him said they were beginning  to lose faith not all but some. They feel like the man they voted for who spoke about how much he was going to put in change, yet they feel as if no change is being done. Some of them have even gotten to a point where they said they may not even vote in november. This is not good at all as you can see. I feel as if he is trying ot take on the world by storm but he results have yet to be shown. I believe he is working hard for change. Sometimes you can not rush change you must wait for it to arise. Obama is implanting the seeds for the change but we as a nation must help it to grow. He can not do the job by himself. He is the leader and he needs help. It is ok to need help because one cannot do it alone they need a team. I feel that if we as a nation stick together and put in some hard work, then we can help Obama change the future.

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Barack Obama quote

"We lose ourselves when we compromise the very ideals that we fight to defend. And we honor those ideals by upholdhing them not when it's easy, but when it is hard.", quoted by our very own president, Barack Obama. When I hear this quote I think of all the issues we have in the U.S. For the longest, as African Americans, we just settled. When I say we settled I feel as if we had various opportunities to make a point of how important we are in this nation or to even stand tall and be proud to say "yes, I am African American", yet in fact we did not. For many years we allowed people to down us, call us out our name, and demean us to our lowest level. We fought to defend our race, defend who we are as people,but only when nobody threatened us, only when we were the only ones who could hear us. But as soon as we were challenged we backed down, acted scared, and did not let out a peep. As a race we had began to lose ourselves and forget who we are, African americans. today, we will not dtand for that anymore. Today, we are fighting to show everyone else that we do matter, even when it gets hard, but we have not reached our goal. We must keep fighting, keep speaking out, and keep being proud because soon enough we will have our glory.

BARACK OBAMA, Nobel Lecture, DEC 10, 2009
http://www.notable-quotes.com/o/obama_barack.html

Current Event: Jay-Z signs Willow Smith

The fact being that age does not matter has a lot to do with society these days. As long as you have your God given talent and you are prepared to use it then you are preparing yourself for your career. Many people called young talent prodigy. Willow Smith, daughter of actor and former musicisian Will Smith, has just signed a record deal with famous rapper Jay-Z. She has been heard to have an amazing voice for a nine year old. Like her brother, Jaden, she is starting her life and career at a young age. It is a wonder. This young girl has been inspired to be better.  In an interview with Ryan Seacrest, Jay-Z, was acknowledged on saying that he sees Willow as a superstar and he believes in superstars. He wants to help her fulfill her dream as and artist. It is great to see people help others when they know true talent. Willow has already proven that through her fisrt song, "whip my hair"; this is the first song that consumed Jay-Z. In the future, plan to see this young lady because she may just be a child to you but soon enough she may be a lot of young girls' idol.

Work Cited.

http://new.music.yahoo.com/various-artists/news/willow-smith-9-signs-record-deal-with-jay-z--62005234

Improving Our Community As African Americans Through Barack Obama

In America, racism is an issue that is clearly ignored and avoided. People are so focused on the minor issues; they do not look at what really matters. We try to cover up racism through subjects such as politics, businesses, and even in our public school system. This is a problem that continues to pull our communities apart. In  his speech, "A More Perfect Union", Barack Obama addresses, how our fights against each other are bringing us down as a country. We are so concentrated on the immature situations in this country that we have yet to come up with a solution to the major problem of racism. If that problem can be adjusted that would be a healthy start to our unified country. When we make certain decisions in life having to deal with racism and unity, we do not just affect ourselves, we affect America. America cannot be whole if the people are not whole. As African Americans, we so negatively complain about the problems we have with prejudice people or racists; that we never take the time to look for a solution to fix the predictament. Obama's entire speech was based on unity  and America coming together as one, but if we do not discuss our issues and actually come to a solution, then we will forever be stuck in the past. It takes more than one person to make change. As African Americans, we must first start this movement as an unselfish people. Then, we must allow ourselves to be open-minded. We cannot repeatedly have built up anger,"black anger", as the other races would say. We must try to work together with all races. Although things may not always go as planned, we must never give up. As a community, people have the power to make changes and this is our turn.



Works Cited:

Obama, Barack. "A More Perfect Union." National Constitution Center, Philadelphia.18 March 2008.Speech.