Oh, and by the way....

I've been down this line before, but the fact that everybody is emphasising the fact the Obama is the first black American president just seems to me to prove how racist we all still are. Why couldn't we just have seen him as a young candidate with an engaging personality and a refreshingly different message. I bet you don't know the colour of his eyes, or whether he's right or left-handed? No neither do I, because it has no bearing on his fitness for the job. The fact that the colour of his skin seems to be a factor, shows that we still have a long way to go before we can claim to be non-racist. And then of course, we have Lewis Hamilton, the first black Formula 1 champion...