Channeling Obama, teens embrace oratory
Barack Obama is not the only one who thinks it is time for change.
At Yale’s Afro-American Cultural Center on Sunday afternoon, the Yale chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People hosted an oratory contest for local high school students titled “Speak Out: Is America Ready for a Black President?” And for the seven students to take the podium, the resounding answer was: “Yes.”
Themes that were repeated often throughout the speeches included the belief that, ideally, race should no longer be an issue for our country and that Obama, the Democratic...
"Speak Out: Is America Ready for a Black President?"
What a moronic and demeaning title. Did these idiots expect that one of the black kids would argue that no, we shouldn't elect a black president tomorrow?
Congrats John Armenio!! You wrote an excellent speach and I agree with your thoughts and opinions 100%. You deserved it and hope to see you next year
I would like to comment to NAACP supporter. Did you ever in your small mind consider the fact that all the children in the essay contest were not African Americans? That the American people as a whole are ready for a change and that todays, children are the leaders of tomorrow with no emphasis on color.My congrats to John Arminio and all the other children who entered the contest.
I think john arminio makes very valuable points in his essay.more children should be as focused as john is.