We have had quite the history-making week; Sunday Lewis Hamilton became the youngest Formula One world champion in history, and the first black world champion in a major racing championship.
Tuesday night Barack Obama won the presidential elections, and became the first black President-elect in U.S. history. The world was overjoyed. Parties were held, drinks were had. People made ecstatic calls to their loved ones.
Except neither Hamilton nor Obama are black. Both are men from mixed heritage, who got their monikers from people who wanted to see them in their camp. The very fact they won however, has nothing to do with their allegiance, it has everything to do with being able to see things from both perspectives. They have both perspectives, because they are. Calling them black, just because they aren't white seems a bit misguided.
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