{"id":1315,"date":"2009-01-20T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-01-20T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stonescryout.org\/?p=1315"},"modified":"2009-01-20T12:00:00","modified_gmt":"2009-01-20T17:00:00","slug":"americas-first-black-president","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stonescryout.org\/?p=1315","title":{"rendered":"America’s First Black President"},"content":{"rendered":"

We’ve just inaugurated our first black President.  I want to reiterate what I said some months back<\/a>; I’m proud of our country for this accomplishment.  This by no means says that racism is completely dead in America.  But it does speak to the great progress made since Martin Luther King, Jr. had his dream.  <\/p>\n

Telling a child of any race that they can, through hard work, be whatever they want to be, even President of the United States, isn’t some guilt-assuaging wishful thinking.  It has happened.  Racists, as with any sin, will always be with us.  But Barack Obama’s move into the Oval Office shows that it can be done.<\/p>\n

Congratulations, America.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We’ve just inaugurated our first black President.  I want to reiterate what I said some months back; I’m proud of our country for this accomplishment.  This by no means says that racism is completely dead in America.  But it does speak to the great progress made since Martin Luther King, Jr. had his dream.  Telling […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,18,48],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1315","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-doug","category-government","category-race-issues"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t