It’s official now. President-elect Barack Obama is definitely America’s coolest Brother.

In elementary school & jr. high, girls and boys who looked like me  were “Negroes”. My grandparents referred to people who looked like me as “colored”. No disrespect intended - it’s just the way the world was back then.

Girls with “good hair” had their own clique. So did the girls with “bad hair”. Girls with “good hair” were chased home from school by the boys - they called it playing ”hide ‘n’ go get ‘em”. Girls like me were just teased. We used to sing this song in school - “Every boy can be President, of the United States, United States, United States - of America”, but nobody really thought it applied to the little colored boys. It was the white boy’s dream - not our boy’s dream.

I can clearly recall where I was when I heard President Kennedy had been assasinated. And when RFK was assasinated. And when Martin Luther King, jr. was assasinated. And when Malcolm X was assasinated. And I clearly remember the ‘67 riots. These were all re-defining moments of a little colored girl’s childhood. Signs of the times (shoutout to Prince).

Election Day ‘08 is that type of moment for todays’ little Black kids. On November 4th, 2008, America showed her true colors, and elected a Black man to her highest office - making millions of people proud beyond words. And I’m not embarassed to sing at the top of my lungs “Say It Loud - I’m Black & I’m Proud” (shoutout to JB). Because I truly am.

Sing with me. Yo know you want to…

Barack Obama has been elected the 44th President of the United States, becoming America’s 1st Black President. History has been made, people.

The 7th grade kids who debated the ‘08 presidential election to the tune of T.I.’s “Whatever You Like” perform the song for him in person.
Not only is it great to see the kids debate the issues, it’s also nice to hear a song about trickin’ turned into such a positive.
Who would’ve thought the guy who recorded “Dope Boyz” would grow to have such a positive influence on voters in this election, and on our kids?

First time voting, that is! He claims that other first time happened when he was 11 years old. Tip - I don’t believe you…

Read the voting details after the jump…

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Now, y’all know I’m Obama ‘08 all day long, but THIS sign made me laugh! That OTHER sign was ignorant because the homeowner didn’t even know he’d spelled ‘Muslim’ wrong. If you’re gonna insult the man - at least spell it right…

Too cute! 7th graders debate the presidential election to the tune of T.I.’s “Whatever You Like”. A very imaginative way to engage the kids in the election process. Even cuter than Weird Al Yankovic’s version. This song hit #1 for a reason… [source]

Is Sarah Palin really this inept?

Michigan governor Jennifer Granholm talks MI economy, and politics of change on the “Today Show ” -broadcast live from Campus Martius Park in Downtown Detroit, yesterday. Detroit’s own Aretha Franklin also appeared on a cooking segment.

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