After Gilbert, Tyson Chandler writes maybe the second best NBA player blog. Today, he put down his thoughts on Barack’s presidential ascendancy.
My wife and I were watching CNN at home as things went along on Tuesday. I still couldn’t necessarily believe it as it was getting closer and closer and they were saying that it looked like Obama was going to be the President. Even once they said it, I was like, “I cannot believe this is actually happening.” I felt like somehow he wasn’t going to get elected, or something was going to happen.
When it happened, it almost seemed like it wasn’t real.
He continues:
The following morning, I talked to my grandmother. And I asked her, “Did you ever think you would live to see the day of a black President?”
She said, “No, I didn’t.” She said “I woke up this morning and thanked the Lord that he allowed me to be able to see this before I go.” And that hit me a little more than anything else. With everything that my grandparents have been through, everything they’ve seen, they didn’t think this was going to happen. And to see it happening, it’s got to be a different experience for them.
At that point, I just kind of sat back and really thought about it. It’s an amazing thing. The world is changing.
A few weeks ago, he wrote about meeting Obama during the preseason as well, which is also worth reading.
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