Barack Obama's victory came faster than I expected it to, the moment in which CNN proclaimed him the winner almost passed me by. However it was expected as he had won key battleground states Virginia, Ohio and Pennsylvania.
The message of change permeated from the president elect's campaign, but while he is the first African American president the change he promised is still yet to come.
"What began 21 months ago in the depths of winter must not end on this autumn night," Obama said during his victory speech. "This victory alone is not the change we seek — it is only the chance for us to make that change. And that cannot happen if we go back to the way things were. It cannot happen without you."
Still, as WhalesOnline.co.uk reported, this certainly destroyed the myth that the United States wasn't ready for a black president.
Students from the Black Student Union were ecstatic and were calling loved ones when they heard the news.
“I expect Obama to make things better than what they how they are now, although I don’t expect miracles,” Ebony Conley, BSU member, told the Daily Sundial. “I expect things to be better for all minorities and I expect for everybody to see that we are all equals.”
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