Well, this is sure to ruffle many feathers. Sonny Scroggins and his civil rights organization Bias Busters of Kansas, have launched a campaign to designate November 4 as a national holiday commemorating Barack Obama’s historic election as our next president.
“The reason why I want to have this holiday is because it marks the day America grew up,” said Sonny Scroggins, founder and president of the group. He told World Net Daily that America has for too long focused on what our ancestors did during legalized slavery, but the election of Obama shows that we no longer allow race and gender to be the deciding factors in guiding our nation, but integrity and honor.
Scroggins said, “The children, thirty-something and below, they put America on the right path, a path of liberty, justice, freedom, and equality for all. “We’re not going to deny the heritage of America – it’s black, it’s white, red, yellow,” Scroggins told WND. “Obama is white and black. He represents the best of both worlds.”
Scroggins’ organization has now formed a “Yes, We Can” committee that will be meeting twice every Tuesday at a historic, downtown Topeka McDonald’s restaurant from now until Inauguration Day to work toward the goal of establishing Nov. 4 as a national holiday.
I hate to rain on this man’s parade, but isn’t that move putting the cart before the horse? Barack Obama has, indeed, made history, but we haven’t actually gotten a sense of how he will perform as a president. The guy hasn’t even started his first term in office yet.
Scroggins sought to answer his critics by telling WND the holiday isn’t so much to honor Obama, but to honor the progress in racial relations Americans have made by electing a black president.
“It has more to do with ‘We the People’ of America,” Scroggins said. “It’s America’s day. It’s more for us, as opposed for Obama. I like the fact that he’s white and he’s black and he can move race relations further.”
I understand the desire to honor Obama for being the first African-American to become president, but let’s be realistic. The idea just won’t fly. It’s a controversial one at best. African Americans have had a lot of firsts in this country and we should not forget that. What say you about this campaign?
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