3 The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make straight in the desert a highway for our God.
4 Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made low: and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough places plain:
5 And the glory of the Lord shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together: for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it. (Isa. 40:3-5) (The scripture that Luther quoted)
33 For none of these iniquities come of the Lord; for he doeth that which is good among the children of men; and he doeth nothing save it be plain unto the children of men; and he inviteth them all to come unto him and partake of his goodness; and he denieth none that come unto him, black and white, bond and free, male and female; and he remembereth the heathen; and all are alike unto God, both Jew and Gentile.(2 Nephi 26:33)
Enlighten the people generally, and tyranny and oppressions of body and mind will vanish like evil spirits at the dawn of day. -- Thomas Jefferson
Has this historic election been about race alone? Absolutely not! No candidate, black or white, will escape the scrutiny of the American people. Jesse Jackson never made it, but Barack Obama has a combination of all the qualities that America agreed with. The political and sociological reasons for this could be an endless field of exploration, and while much of it may be tied to the past, it seems unquestionable that Obama tapped a popular sentiment amongst both Black and White.
To put this down to "race only", seems, to me, to be very silly and superficial. But there's no question that having its first Black president will lead Americans to realise the utter folly of policies like segregation. And the historic consciousness of past injustices may finally sink in.
As some have noted, this seminal moment still has many potential challenges ahead. And in four years time Obama may be just as unpopular as Bush is now. But nothing will ever eradicate this important moment in American history.
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