Valerie,
I completely empathize with your opinion (stage 7), and appreciate the level of thought that you are putting towards these complex issues. Being aware of the still-present disease that is racism, we are at least able to talk about it, not letting ourselves become too comfortable with its small, yet lingering residual presence. There are those who believe it to be completely dead because they have never seen a segregated restaurant, or a race-restricted school. The truth is much uglier of course. Like you said, it is still around, never left, and if you pay attention you can still see it out there in the real world.
I also question the benefit that Clinton’s volunteering might bring to the country. I question the fact that things would be much different if Clinton had won. There would be the same level of hate and regret, only it would have been expected. To try to ease your fears of the Clintons, I would recommend searching YouTube for a clip of Clinton enthusiastically celebrating the death of Gaddafi by paraphrasing Julius Caesar. The truth is easy to see; politicians or not, people will always look after themselves first, even if that means going against any oaths you’ve made to your country.
In the end, I think that you did a good job expressing your feelings about what was an ugly and faulty exercise of our democracy. Unfortunately we have to wait a bit longer for our first matriarchal leader, but at least that gives you time to prepare!
-Jose
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