I think race would be a terrible filter to apply to Mr. Obama, not only because it is illogical to think that skin color has anything to do with it, but because it would create the wrong “us versus them” dynamic.

I think one of the dissapointments erstwhile Obamabackers have with him is that he campaigned on a promise of racial healing, of post-racial politics, and instead has delivered a spate of racialist hacks like Holder and Sotomayor. Of course this disconnect between talk-talk and walk-walk isn’t a surprise to some of us, but it’s one of the things the swing voters are disillusioned about.

I think that in a roundabout, unintentional way, Obama will help move race relations dramatically forward. I think his election and the Black response to it will do a lot to undermine White Guilt, which is actually the biggest remaining obstacle to reaching a post-racial society. Once “Black Culture” is no longer excused it’s dysfunctions because of a lingering sense of guilt, we can get back on the road to harmony.