It is only in Canada and America where it seems as if it is getting better. However, if you go to the middle east, india or china or even Russia you see how things really are. Obama is just a small step for educated black fokes. Now he has to prove it to the people. Statistically, black people still are not doing well... however, it is better than 1970, when they were throwing stones at a bus of black fokes when they started to allow them into the Universities.

It was just in 1994 when black people were allowed to run for president in South Africa and the aparthid was ended. Obama is a big step, however, people are still waiting for him to screw up.

As long as man exists, so will ignorance.

we can try as much as we can but you have to be prepared that there are always going to be those more ignorant and confused than us. Its our job to help them and work with them, no matter how bad it gets.

I believe the reason why we still are inately racist is because of fear. Think of it this way. If you live among a certain group of people exclusively, youll get used to living among them exclusively. the moment you see something different, youll find yourself dealing with the unknown and you get scared. Youll tend to treat people differently if they look different on the outside. Example, Im chinese. The stereotype goes that White people are more eloquent and more intelligent than Yellow people. Thus subconsciously I put on a false front and act more intelligent and refined in front of white people.

Also, the nature of human beings is unpredictable. Again due to fear, we dont like this because human beings tend to live on patterns. And the moment a wildcard is thrown into the equation, we get frustrated because we are afraid of the unknown. So, if we cant get CERTAINTY, we settle for second best - HIGH PROBABILITY. Seeing as movies show that all niggas are G's, we begin to put together a model of the black man. over time, we will have assembled our own perception of the black man, and we use this perception to paint ALL blakc people with a single brush. All because we are uncertain about how people act.

Solution? Only time and understanding. And thats asking alot from the animals we can be.

We're not really there yet. The fact that we have a black president doesn't mean that most blacks or any other minority have the same opportunities as whites. In reality, a large percentage of the population still holds prejudices, whether conscious or subconscious, about other races.

We'll get there eventually, but it will take a while. It will appear as if we're almost there, and that will be great because racism is crude, informal and stupid. These people didn't do anything to deserve this prejudice.

We have a long way to go and i think we always will do because we cannot control peoples thoughts or feelings i admit it is getting better but we will never eradicate it unless the world was a permanent dictatorship. The undeveloped countries are not even under political control let alone what it can control its people from saying or doing. The best we can do is minimize it and try and prosecute those people that promote it. Barack Obama is a big step in the right direction for the war on racism in America as when he was elected it shook the foundation of the white power followers and made a lot of them think twice about other races been inferior.

There always will be ignorant fools who can't argument their choice

And will be racist because they are idiots and that makes them feel bigger, stronger, much more important in the community

It will be a long time before the mental scars of slavery are healed in the United States.