Barrack Obama is not black.

There…I’ve said it. I hope I don’t get some burly Secret Service guys thundering through the door to give me the once over. Unlikely in New Zealand but these guys have long arms

But really he’s mixed race….like me! Why can’t that be celebrated. It’s a great chance to move beyond the “name that race” nonsense which has plagued society since Adam got frisky with Eve.

I liked this article by a fellow North Londoner, David Aaronovitch, who describes the changes in his own extended family as new blood and colour mixes in.

One day we will all be mixed race (to be honest we all are pretty much already) to some extent. Will that mean racism will disappear? A non-judgmental society? Sounds good to me but it may be a far away dream.