“Yeah, we’re an interracial couple and I think it’s amazing. I don’t know about her but I think it’s absolutely amazing that this is going on. I’ve come down, skipped class.”
(Erick Sasso, 19, Syracuse University sophomore majoring in visual and performing arts, from Nassau County, N.Y.)
“Well, the most obvious, as a minority it’s a big deal to have somebody who’s of an ethnic background in the White House. But more so for me coming from or now living in Hawaii — it’s different seeing somebody who could be your next door neighbor or could be that guy sitting next to you on the beach be in the highest office in the United States which, I mean is pretty cool.”
(Kelina Imamura, 19, Syracuse University sophomore magazine journalism major, Portland, Ore.)
“We’ve moved so far along, I mean in history. I remember the 1960’s when there was segregation and the terrible things that happened then. It’s nice to see in that short of time we’ve come a really long way.”
(Karen Ciralli, 52, from Beacon/Hopewell, N.Y.)
“It’s amazing, especially his background being the son of an African immigrant and an American mother. So it’s just a mix of feelings because I’m from a different country as well.”
(Amy Otuonye, 21, Syracuse University senior chemistry major, from Montgomery, N.Y.)
“I would say it was surreal. I kept thinking this is some sort of good dream I’m going to wake up from.”
(Kendall R Phillips,39, Syracuse University professor of communications and rhetorical studies, of Syracuse)
(Conor Orr is a junior majoring in broadcast journalism and political science)
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