Though we are well into the twenty-first century, cultural and racial barriers for minorities in the United States are still being demolished everyday. Historical “firsts” by minorities in the U.S. are continuously being conquered and we have no other choice but to salute them.In the past four years alone, we have seen amazing successes from minorities.
No longer is coming from a low-income family or receiving a less than proper education reason enough to slip into the stereotypical roles set by closed-minded aspects of our society. In 2005, Condoleeza Rice was appointed our nation’s first female Secretary of State; Barack Obama was elected as our first African-American U.S. President in 2008, and I’m sure you’ve been just as excited as I have about our first Hispanic-American Supreme Court justice being sworn in over the summer (I am woman. Hear me roar!)
Last year, here in the belly of the Mobile Bay, we were blessed with a femme-fatale first of our own. In the spring of 2009, Jamie Ramseur became the first Hispanic-American to be selected as a Crewmate for the USS Alabama....
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