For the Record

I'd like to note, for the record, that it took African Americans just one generation of real freedom to get to the White House.

I was born in the 60's into the race riots in Detroit. Woefully, when my family first moved down to North Carolina, restaurants refused to serve people of color. It was a scandal when coach Dean Smith integrated his beloved and stunningly successful basketball team.

But in 1964 the U.S. had passed the Civil Rights Act. Finally, all Americans were free under the law. Nothing could stop it.

A mere 44 years later, one of the first children of a new generation of freedom, a man who barely squeeked into being a Baby Boomer, is the president-elect.

PS - That is what legal progress gets you: progress. Now we just need to start educating the world's girls, or paying women the same as men, or letting anybody get married, or something. Let's see where that takes us. Oh, and "Senses Working Overtime" by XTC is 1-2-3-4-Fun; now playing on iTunes.