In my truncated post above I had noted that Senator Obama answered a question with "Of course I relate to being black. No one ever let me forget it."

In my opinion, Obama's racial history may be an excellent way to get this country jump started. My thinking is that if Black Americans can accept a Black person as presidential material, even though he or she does not have the same 250-year history as they and at the same time White Americans can accept a Black person as presidential material partly BECAUSE he or she does not have the same 250-year history, we may be on the way to wisdom. It's a start.