Obama represents more than the first black president. I don't mean to demean the milestone, but Obama being elected is more significant than just being the first black guy to become president. Obama represents what America is becoming, and that is a culture of mixed ethnicities. I look at my own family and even though I am a nice shade of pasty white, I have nieces that are brown (white/Puerto Rican), cousins that brown (white/black), and damn near every hue in between.