Life IS Black and White.

History has been made, and this time it isn't vibrant; instead it's monochrome.
For the first time in history Barack Hussein Obama, a black by race, has been elected as a president of the most powerful country in the world. He has surpassed the conventions of society and expectations of critics. He's come out unanimous and inviolable winner in US elections 2009.

Yet; no matter how his victory may be limned as a triumph of humanity over race and color; I strongly disagree. From where I stand it's a joke in face of "racial discrimination". And before I go on elaborating my point; let me explain what is racial discrimination or racism.

Racism/Racial Discrimination: The prejudice that members of one race are intrinsically superior to members of other races OR Discriminatory behavior towards members of another race.

One thing that must be noticed is that it doesn't say anywhere in it's definition word "Majority". It doesn't say that racial discrimination is so; only if an individual belonging to majority does it. It isn't liable to ONLY incriminate or inculpate a person from a larger clan.

Over all these years fuss has been made and issues has been raised that blacks have been treated unfairly and as an unprivileged minority. Without digressing too much I would very willfully accept that it is truth in it's entirety and there is nothing to question to this argument.

But while decrees are being laid down to keep a check on behavior of "white/colored people" to ensure everyone has a fair-share of world/society; are we ensuring that it's not a issue between majority and minority? Are there any steps being taken in ensuring that enforcement is mutual?

Take the outline of elections' statistics:

• 45% of white people in united states voted for Barack Obama!
  
• 95% of blacks voted for barack obama.
  

What does it tell you? I think there are at least 45% "white" people who are not bounded by limited thinking of creed and color. However there are ONLY 5% of black people who fall in same group. Considering that blacks are minority; we must realize that 5% given in point 2 is exponentially less than 45% in stat-1.

So what do we see here? A pattern which shows reverse racial discrimination. Some people may try to justify it as a requisite grouping for a minority to survive; it still is what it is. While we protect the hunted we must also ensure that hunter doesn't become the hunted in the cycle. Obama's win is not a win over petty idea of racism; instead it's just that; petty-racism. Only change that has happened this time is that effects have reversed.

While we must fight and stand up for our rights; our reasoning and thinking should not get so convoluted as to pretermit the "right and wrong". If we want to be a truly diverse society without any internal differences; we must identify the coarse soul that lies underneath each of us. Instead of relying on our prejudice and sympathy for self; we must learn to accept and appreciate the difference that a soul is born with.

A leader doesn't have a color. A nation doesn't have a color. And rejoicing about electing a BLACK president doesn't symbolize a win of humanity over social iniquities; instead it just exemplifies the fact that "We are Still thinking about it". We would reach the pinnacle of Immunity from the evil of racism when a president is selected and headlines cite his color not as a triumph; but as a fact. Because for now, somewhere still we believe in an unvisited corner of our heart that "world IS black and white".