Why is there such a big controversy and discrimination among the blacks and the whites?? After all, we are all humans...as stated before, black people are always depicted as the poor sector with great illiteracy and the cause of all the trouble in America...

I hope that the presidency of Obama will bring about a great change and uplift the standard of all the blacks around the world...

 I think we all forget that President-Elect Obama is a politician. Regardless of his race, ethnicity, religion, economic status, etc. we need to keep in mind that he is a politician first and foremost. The man was voted into office for his political leanings and not the color of his skin. He has made promises to the citizens of these United States just like every other politician that has been elected to office. If we were all blind (which we should be when it comes to voting) we would not realize that he may have a darker skin tone than we may do, but one thing is for certain - he needs to live up to his promises. They got him to the White House and he needs to prove to us that we were not wrong is sending him there. If he does not live up to those promises than he is a failed politician like so many in the past. Color should have nothing to do with the man that holds the most important job in the world, but integrity does. We need to stand behind our new president for what he stands for and not because he may happen to be the first "black" man elected to office (has everyone forgotten that his mother was white?).

 Everyone wants to just wipe the slate clean and call everyone Americans without atonement for the racially based sins of this country.  

Reconciliation starts with the US government, acting on behalf of its populus issuing a sincere and meaningful apology for enslaving stolen, bought and otherwise procured Africans and their progeny.  

Decent people apologize for their wrongs before expecting to be forgiven.