Letter to the Editor
In response to Mark Powell's opinion article "I'll never fully understand ..." which ran on Nov. 6.
Issue date: 11/25/08 Section: Opinion
My mother will always fully understand the joy and jubilation of Barack Obama becoming the 44th president of the United States.
Growing up African-American in the heart of the South back in the 1960s, she can vividly remember the burning of crosses on her neighbor's front lawn and not being allowed to sit where she pleased because of the color of her skin.
She can remember the day she had to integrate from her run-down African-American only school into the well-maintained white suburban school, and the looks of hatred she got that morning while walking inside the front doors.
She can remember her mother being told to get out of line and go to the back after waiting an hour just to buy a loaf of bread.
For my mother, the nomination of Barack Obama as president was bittersweet and something she would never have seen possible in her lifetime.
She cried for an hour after hearing of his win and wished her mother was alive to witness the momentous occasion.
My mother will always understand and will never forget the day Barack Obama was elected president of the United States of America.
-Alicia Mason
broadcast journalism major
Growing up African-American in the heart of the South back in the 1960s, she can vividly remember the burning of crosses on her neighbor's front lawn and not being allowed to sit where she pleased because of the color of her skin.
She can remember the day she had to integrate from her run-down African-American only school into the well-maintained white suburban school, and the looks of hatred she got that morning while walking inside the front doors.
She can remember her mother being told to get out of line and go to the back after waiting an hour just to buy a loaf of bread.
For my mother, the nomination of Barack Obama as president was bittersweet and something she would never have seen possible in her lifetime.
She cried for an hour after hearing of his win and wished her mother was alive to witness the momentous occasion.
My mother will always understand and will never forget the day Barack Obama was elected president of the United States of America.
-Alicia Mason
broadcast journalism major
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