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President Elect Obama said a lot of powerful stuff in his acceptance speech last night. Among the obligatory shout-outs one stood our particularly:

And to all those watching tonight from beyond our shores, from parliaments and palaces to those who are huddled around radios in the forgotten corners of our world – our stories are singular, but our destiny is shared, and a new dawn of American leadership is at hand.

It’s the bit about people “huddled around radios in forgotten corners of the world” that sends a tingle down my spine. The fact is, that image describes a huge slice of people on this planet. I love that Obama is aware of that reality. He comes from that reality on his father’s side.

I could picture people smiling as they sit around a radio in the countryside, in a thatched hut, breathing tropical air, as they are recognized by the future president of the United States.

A community organizer never stops, and with this line, Barack Obama acknowledged a big, often forgotten part of our global community full of real human beings, each as important as you or me.