Time to Honor Two South Carolina Political Milestones
by Jordan Cooper
Raising a statue for the first Asian-American female governor in the Americas will be an exceptional example of how we as a state can acknowledge our climb to God’s destiny. And we can bolster this honor by creating a statue for the first black to be a representative in both chambers of Congress.
These will be emphatic responses to rectify the horrific and humbling past that all of our ancestors have been through. More importantly, it’s what we all deserve. If we do not stand up for ourselves, nobody else will.
We need a everlasting security for our state’s most stupendous successes that are embedded in our memories every day.
In South Carolina we have stood the test of time in wars that changed the face of the South and America. From having pivotal battles in the Revolutionary War to stomping the grounds for Civil Liberties in the present day. We have all been offenders of our utmost fastened value judgments that were taught by who we worship and who we learn from. However, there is time for a second chance for everyone to be rueful for our wrongs.
Consequently, we need to create a factually artful and truthfully poetic bonanza to distinguish looking back, right now, and the time after that. Our actions will voice a vibrantly conscious candor that will help fill in the blanks for the numbingly neglectful nature our state has had on occasion for underrepresented peoples.
Jordan Cooper is a USC graduate who played football under Coach Steve Spurrier. He was the youngest African American to serve on a gubernatorial campaign staff at the age of 13 under then Congressman Bobby Jindal as his Co-Chair for Blacks for Jindal. He was the first African American to serve in the Gov. and Lt. Gov’s offices in S.C. as a Constituent Correspondent and Special Assistant respectively (Haley/Bauer). He was also the youngest to serve in on a GOP presidential campaign staff in America and youngest black Co-Chair of a Congressional campaign (Bauer for Congress 2012).