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The interesting thing about racial perception, is that Obama is viewed as "black" when he is what used to be called in Britain "half-caste", "mulatto", or "bi-racial" depending on which decade (century?) you're looking at.
Our perception of race is so skewed that we comment and notice the black side of his heritage, but often overlook the white side.
Presumably it is because the genes from his father's side make a much more obvious presence in his appearance than those of his mother's side.
It's the same with Lewis Hamilton - the stories often focus on the black side of his family tree, because the first thing we notice isn't "there's Hamilton, you can see from the shape of his face he's got white genes" but "there's Hamilton, you can see from his brown skin that he's got black genes".
Racism will exist until what colour someone is is no more worthy of comment than whether they prefer butter or margarine, or if they like briefs or boxers.
It will take many, many years (if it ever happens).
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