I am a person of color. My color often prompts people to ask if I am OK and need to sit down. Have you seen the movie Powder? Well thats my color. You can guess what my nick name was. I was told that when I was born they pried my eyes open to be sure I was not an albino, which I am not. Yep, I reflect all colors and absorb very few. If it were the other way around I am sad to say I would probably have additional undeserved damaging problems on top of all the other human foibles we all have in common.

On the Obama thing, I believe there is plenty of room for people to want the populist over the traditional imperial candidate without race being a steering factor.