>>However, his biography does demonstrate that someone with the most unlikely of origins can achieve lofty heights.
>>That was my point.
>>I don't know what racism is - if there is such a thing- and don't care to learn what it is.
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>I may have misunderstood.
>">And of course it can be altered as witnessed by the fact that someone named Barack Hussein Obama was elected president of the US."
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>It seemed like you were proud of the US because electing Obama proved we were not racist.
>Was that correct?

No.
I never thought that we had to prove that we're not racist.
I did some canvassing for Obama in predominately black areas in Hamilton and Trenton.
Based on what I saw, I came away convinced that Obama's election will be an important inspiration to young people - black, white or whatever color- who come from backgrounds not typically associated with the Oval Office.