Since November 4

We've elected a president. Barack Obama will be our 44th president and he will be the 1st black president. I fell asleep before his acceptance speech, but did see clips in the days following.\

Christopher had to answer two questions with five sentences each for debate class as a result of the election.
1. What was historic about this election? He answered with comments on Sen. Obama being the first black and that two women were very involved in the election (Sen. Clinton and Gov. Palin).

2. Do you agree with the results of the election? He answered with yes, that he was glad Sen. Obama was elected. He even used the word transformational -- because he heard it discussed on the television and by me with friends.

But those two responses are not what struck me about Christopher's reaction to the election. The morning after, I woke him up by telling him the news. He gave a thumbs up.

Then, over breakfast, while we watched the news, he said "What's the big deal about him being the first black president." Interesting commentary. It's so natural to Christopher that a black person be elected. He doesn't even think about the color. He just knew Sen. Obama was elected.

With that reaction, I wondered if he wasn't connecting the history. I told him less than 50 years ago black and white children couldn't go to the same school. I reminded him of Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King, Jr. He knows those stories and understands they were horrible times, but I don't know if the history of civil rights matches up in his head to the history-making election. He needs to understand what black Americans went through to have what they were promised -- equality.

After we discussed Sen. Obama, my son looked at me and said, "Don't worry Mama, someday there will be a woman president."

Someday.