i know this means something

In November of 2008, we as the United States of America had our first African American president. This exciting event brought tears to my eyes and other African Americans around me. It gave us a sense of pride and confidence to know that all our efforts in the past have paid off. The boycotts, lynching, slavery and any other adversities we have faced as a people were all attributes to this accomplishment on behalf of our people. That moment was a proud moment for me to be an African American and to feel like we were finally recognized as a race and a people. Since the United States has been established African Americans have been behind the rest of the other races and looked at as inferior. I was excited to know they respected him enough to listen to what he had to say and actually lead a country. This means that blacks should no longer be looked at as inferior because that means the American people picked an inferior president which would reflect poorly upon Americans. This means African Americans may be looked at differently and not have bad stigmas preconceived about them.