From TPM Reader MH …
I’m 53, from rural Virginia, and remember when black and white people didn’t (wouldn’t, couldn’t) even sit down to eat together, so Obama’s inauguration gives me a new perspective on a big, big part of my life — so *this* is where we were headed, all that time. I wish I had known. At the same time, relief from the shame of the last eight years means relief from a kind of cynicism that was setting in. A student of mine said, “maybe we ARE the Great Satan!”, and I had to wonder if he was right. Now I believe that American can do great things. I don’t remember feeling that way before.
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