Monday, November 5 - the morning after

US ELECTION - Wednesday, November 5... the morning after from ali alvarez on Vimeo.
The day after the Obama won... we went out and caught up with some of the people we spoke to earlier. We visited Tina at the diner, checked back in at Grace Baptist Church, then we asked Debby and Rafik to meet for a coffee and a chat... each having worked for McCain and Obama organizations, each looking a bit tired and frustrated still... I wanted the chat to be friendly but there was so much tension there. It was a sobering moment, that although Obama was elected, America has a lot of tension between the people still and a big, big divide between them that will take a lot of time to heal. The question to me was similar to Rafik's: Will some Americans acknowledge what black/minorities have gone through to get here, or will they sweep it under the carpet and move on? Guess we have to wait and see...