Don't forget Senator/Presidential candidate Barak Obama! Hummmm...my spell checker doesn't believe in either of those names-hope there is a fix soon.

Very true, Susan, and I hope it keeps on...but it may take the dying off of our parents' (and perhaps our own) generation before we reach this desirable point.   My children, raised in a liberal (in the old sense of the word) household are virtually color-blind, and I see that as a good thing.   IMHO, and there are those (including some Mudcatters) who will disagree, one can celebrate African, or African-American, heritage on the same footing as Irish, German or Russian-Jewish ancestry without setting that group (or any group) aside as a separate "race".

I am looking forward to the point where we loose the "one drop" concept, in which a person with one Black/Hispanic/Asian/whatever ancestor, no matter how far back, is considered Black/Hispanic/Asian/whatever. One of the things that amazes me is the hierarchy of negativity the main-stream media has, and many individuals have, about such things. That is, White people (and I really hate that designation!) are somehow "better" than Asians, who are "better" than Hispanics, who are "better" than Indians, who are "better" than Blacks. For example, Tiger Woods is considered the greatest Black golfer ever (point, point), but I haven't heard any one refer to him as the greatest Asian golfer!