Today, I'm Proud to be an American!

Southern trees bear a strange fruit,
Blood on the leaves and blood at the root,
Black body swinging in the Southern breeze,
Strange fruit hanging from the poplar trees.

Pastoral scene of the gallant South,
The bulging eyes and the twisted mouth,
Scent of magnolia sweet and fresh,
And the sudden smell of burning flesh!

Here is a fruit for the crows to pluck,
For the rain to gather, for the wind to suck,
For the sun to rot, for a tree to drop,
Here is a strange and bitter crop.


STRANGE FRUIT
by Abel Meeropol

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Today, The United States of America and the rest of the world will reach a new stage of progression in social tolerance and acceptance. For the first time in history, the US will have its first African-American president. Once a race that was considered sub-human now has one of it's own to one of the highest positions in leadership and power in the world. Abraham Lincoln, Martin Luther King Jr, along with many, many other black activists, politicians, intellectuals, sports figures, athletes, academics and businessmen who have worked tirelessly to fight for justice and equality, have set up the way for Barack Obama to be the face of social progression around the world.

And for this, I'm proud to be an American today =)

-gs1r-


LISTENING TO:

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Beautiful Day
by: U2
All That You Can't Leave Behind