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[hatidua]

Anybody else feel that even though the USA has finally passed the racial barrier and elected our first Black/African American President, not once but twice, that our race relations has been set back 20 years by him?

I agree, but racism is never going to end - regardless of who is in office. Obama may have rolled back the clock but racism is here for eternity. It won't end in my lifetime, it won't end ever. I'm not advocating, merely being realistic.

When you go to a country that is entirely black, they have a pigment-hierarchy that favors those who are a lighter shade of black. Those who ascend to elected positions or heads of industry are more often (not always) a lighter shade. I grew up overseas as one of the only white people where I lived. As a youngster I found it odd that people would use umbrellas on beautiful sunny days....nobody wanted to get any darker than they were as lighter pigmentation was favored.

World Peace, the end of racism, nuclear eradication, honest politicians, Etc. - unachievable pipe dreams that exist in the minds of the deluded, it's simply not going to happen.