All the reasons why he is to be considered a black man have to be recognized: the historically evil and misguided one-drop rule or even the mostly Jim Crow era activity of "passing" where a black person who was light-skinned enough to "pass" for white would do so in social and business circles out of fear of being persecuted and denied basic rights and opportunities.

There had been no doubt in society as recently as 50 years ago that a black person was to struggle while a white person was to thrive.

In those days, it was a brave and honorable thing to declare your actual heritage, your black blood and all, especially when you had an easy way out.

Thus, I've already discussed why this country deems him black, even though one has to acknowledge that he is just as proud to have his mother's white blood flowing through his veins as well. Obama bucks past injustices that way.

He even gave a sweet, deferential nod to his grandmother at the start of his magnanimous speech last night where he said something like "I owe everything to what she poured into me. This night is for her." It was a touching moment, one that echoed the moment in a previous interview when he nearly choked up crying while talking about how proud his mother, who is no longer with us, would be of how far her son has come.

But still within the racial paradigm of this country - for all intents and purposes - Obama is a black man. And last night he accomplished something that would not have even been possible 50 years ago... 25 years ago... hell even 10 years ago.

And he did it because of us. He did it because of the millions of us from all different racial and religious backgrounds. He did it because of those who even share his same mixed heritage.
He accomplished the once impossible with our help. With our votes. In spite of the naysayers.

We all stand the chance of having an insightful, more-than-capable, bipartisan-minded, eloquent, humble leader who can bring us out of the shambles that this country currently lies in.

That incredible leader just happens to be black.

And even though Hillary tried to make it about her, (Was anybody truly shocked about that?) it was really about us.

Like the presumptive Democratic nominee Barack Obama said, "It's our time now."

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