In the election of an African-American president less than a half-century after the end of official racial segregation in much of the country, these Americans see the triumph of the values enshrined in the US Constitution over America’s legacy of social, political, and economic prejudice. They see a president committed to the advancement of all Americans, regardless of race, gender, creed, ethnic origin, sexual orientation, handicap, or economic status.
美国大部分地区种族隔离告别种族隔离还不到半个世纪，非洲裔美国人便已当选美国总统，这部分美国人看到的是美国宪法所包含的凌驾于社会、政治和经济传统偏见之上的价值。他们看到的是一个代表所有美国人——无论种族、性别、信仰、民族、性取向、是否残疾和经济地位——的进步的总统。