Barack Obama is considered to have revolutionized the globes perception of the United States. However for Africans and Arabs in Europe, he is considered a figure whose success and social mobility will aid them in European politics.
Since being elected Pap Ndiaye says "Obama has restored belief in the American dream," who is with the School for the Advanced Study of the Social Sciences in Paris.
The election of soon to be President Barack Obama illuminates a common want as far as many French citizens are concerned, regarding minorities in powerful authoritative positions. A poll days ahead of the US election showed that 80 percent of the French would vote for a black presidential candidate, but only 47 percent thought one could be elected. "The public is ready for a black president [of France]," says Fadela Amara, deputy minister of urban policy, one of the three new women Muslims in the Sarkozy Cabinet. "But the political parties are less ready."
Other neighboring countries such as Germany are ready to take the plunge into an ideal racially unbiased approach to politics. Agyül Özkan of Hamburg, made history in Germany this year being titled the first politician of Turkish origin elected as a conservative. Özkan states "It shows, that what motivates us aren't race issues but rather what we can do.”
The world now waits to see if President elect Barack Obama lives up to these extremely high standards which have been given to him.
Since being elected Pap Ndiaye says "Obama has restored belief in the American dream," who is with the School for the Advanced Study of the Social Sciences in Paris.
The election of soon to be President Barack Obama illuminates a common want as far as many French citizens are concerned, regarding minorities in powerful authoritative positions. A poll days ahead of the US election showed that 80 percent of the French would vote for a black presidential candidate, but only 47 percent thought one could be elected. "The public is ready for a black president [of France]," says Fadela Amara, deputy minister of urban policy, one of the three new women Muslims in the Sarkozy Cabinet. "But the political parties are less ready."
Other neighboring countries such as Germany are ready to take the plunge into an ideal racially unbiased approach to politics. Agyül Özkan of Hamburg, made history in Germany this year being titled the first politician of Turkish origin elected as a conservative. Özkan states "It shows, that what motivates us aren't race issues but rather what we can do.”
The world now waits to see if President elect Barack Obama lives up to these extremely high standards which have been given to him.
Reference-
Marguand, Robert. With Obama's vitory, Europe Minorities Sense new Possibilities,
The Christian Science Monitor. 7 Nov. 2008.
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