As a black woman, I can't say I've ever experienced racism, not knowingly.  However, after listening to the many speeches during this election, I can't believe that 'White America' is shocked by Obama's speech.

If you didn't know, 'Black America' has been hurting for a long time.  Now politics is not my favorite hobbie, eventhough I do vote, but this election year has caught my attention for several reasons, one being that as I get older and raise my son, I now want to be part of 'change', (opps, an Obama word) because it is so needed.

It seems like black people have been so accepting of the hand that we have been delt, for YEARS, but many white people won't even have an educated conversation with a black person on the topic.

It seems that 'White America' is content with leadership in which they can identify with, (politics as usual), but now that the tide is turning, any and everything that has to do with race is super sensitive.

You guys, please, everyone just wants to be able to pay their bills, take care of their kids, live in great places, and have equal chances to obtain a life of prosperity, without felling like black and white is going to be the determining factor.

Let me remind you, it wasn't a Royal Carribean Cruise Line that got us here.