Africa is a Country

Kamaal the Abstract speaking in the latest issue of WAX POETICS (on the magazine if you don’t know, see also here) on the 2008 US Presidential Elections:

Q: Who are you voting for in the 2008 presidential election?
A: [quickly replies] Obama–because I want change, and I want something new. I’m tired of the world the way it is, and I feel like he’s our best chance to experience that. I feel like it be might be business as usual with Hillary, and everyone talks about experience, but Dick Cheney and Donald Rumsfeld were and are two of the most experienced people in politics that held those positions ever, and look where it got us. It got us into a unilateral decision for an unjust war; we’re in billions of dollars of deficit; our education system is laughable; health care is horrible; people work more and don’t get paid shit, and its all fucked up. It’s just a bad deal, and I think that Obama is the best chance to get us out of some of these ruts that we’re in.
Q: Do you think America is ready for a Black President?
A: Hmm … let’s see: the majority of country is White–probably not. It’s the craziest shit how conservative we are as a people. The irony in this country is we talk about the land of the free and individualism, but people of color continue to election White Anglo-Saxon Protestants. I know I took a long route, but they may not be ready for a Black president, but I think it will happen. Afterwards, I think we all should get past it, like, “He’s Black, it’s great, now everyone get to work to create more history.”