Bryson Pitts--OBAMA doesnt mean strickly Opportunites 4 Blacks

The Bryson Pitts speech at the TABS Banquet was very interesting, although he made some really good points he also created this church atmosphere, which can sometimes make people tune you out. I believe there is a difference between trying to deliver a message to someone and trying to force someone to receive the message, like when people are just trying to force their ideals on your without trying to see/hear where you are coming from or how you view it.
I know like Bryson and myself many people are wondering what happens after Obama wins. The one thing that I hated most during the election was people saying "I'm going to vote for Obama because he's black...and when we have a black man in office things are gonna change..."we" gonna be able to do this.....and "we" gonna be able to that..and cant nobody tell us nothing because our president is black."
Bryson made many valid points for example: He said "journalist of color should not rely on Obama to open opportunities for black journalist...make your own." This is funny because I look at my Aunt who is a very successful attorney in NY she was listed in Ebony's 100 successful African American woman. Nothing was handed to her like Bryson said "Plan your work and work your plan" she came up with a plan and followed it, no matter how hard it was.....and if an obstacle presented itself she learned to get around it and nothing stopped her from achieving her goals. She didn't think because will my cousin is an attorney he can just help me and give me a job....No she worked hard and earned everything she achieved.
Bryson said "We can't think that because ONE makes it WE all make it" this is SO true. I say that all the time. If we don't see an opportunity we should create it ourselves. When my mom and dad wouldn't give me extra allowance money in middle school my best friend Laura and I decided we were going to make our own money. So Laura, myself, and another neighborhood kid decided we were going to make a cruz thru, we'd take food and Dr.Peppers and bananas out of our house and set up a stand while our parents were at work after school and sell them to the college students running, walking to their cars or their sorority house, because would stop get lemonade, an orange, bananas and for a while we made (What we thought was a lot of money) and would clean up before our parents got home. Eventually we got caught and in trouble for selling our food for WAY cheaper than our parents paid for it. But they were happy we figured out a way to get what we wanted. Which brings me to Bryson's principle B.E.G. Begin, Endure, and Gain. At first I wasn't sure what I wanted to do was major I wanted and I found something I want to do so I am beginning somewhere and as of now I am enduring this book prices so I can gain success in the future.
A lot of things Bryson said in the video has really stuck with him. I know the road ahead isn't going to be easy i know that "Everyone your color, ain't your kind", and that I have to create opportunities and it isn't doing to be easy. I know that I "Cant just be GOOD, I have to be twice as good" and it really gave me a little more insight on how much harder I am and need to work. No one handed Obama the title and position President of the United States of America on a silver platter, he work for where he is today, and I will have to work for where I want to be tomorrow.