I'm sure there are many in America who would agree with you, Justin, in that they perceive it much as you do...but they're afraid to say so in public.

Me? I'm not sure if America is ready for such a transition yet or not. Hard to say. It wouldn't be easy for a lot of people to accept, that's for sure. Some would not accept it at all. Some would consider using violence to stop it.

There are also a number of democratic nations in Europe in which the majority White population would certainly not elect a Black man to their highest office...probably most of them. It would be too far outside their normal expectations of what the prime minister or president is "supposed to look like" ("he's supposed to look like 'we' do").

That this is so is pretty sad, but that's the way it is. People are afraid of what they are not used to.

But what's got me puzzled is...at what point is a person "Black" and "not White"?

Obama's half White. He had a White mother and a Black father. Does that mean he's "Black"? If it does, why? What percentage of Black genes makes you "Black" in someone's else's eyes? (as if it mattered anyway, for Christ's sake...)

People have a lot of growing up to do, don't they?

All that should matter is the usual stuff:   Intelligence, personal presentation, ideas, policy, education, past experience, the usual qualifications.

Is America ready to grow up? Is any country out there ready to grow up? Hmmm. Well, let me guess....I'm guessing no, probably not. We still live somewhere in the late Stone Age, as far as I can see.