DEAR ABBY: I am a white female with many African-American friends, and yes, I did vote for Obama. When Obama became president, most of my black friends said: "Finally! We have a black man as president. All this racism will stop. The white man is no longer in charge of things."

To me, it was like it didn't matter that his mother was white, he was raised by his grandmother who was white, and he is half-white. What I'm trying to say is, he's a man of equal parts -- not all black. So why do African-Americans make it sound like he is of all black heritage? Isn't he of white heritage also? A lot of my white friends feel the same way I do. -- NANCY G. IN CLEVELAND

Any thoughts?

i think it goes back to that one drop of blood makes you black in this country. Many Blacks would pass when they got a chance but if found out could lose the job because of being"black".altho looking white i.e. Walter White.Mr. White passed as white to cover lynchings,etc then used the evidence for the NAACP.

 So its a habit thinking of Obama as a black man only.

"The man of integrity walks securely"

Proverbs 10:9