It is all about race. Recently I have read many articles all of which have propounded the theory that in these post modern times the US has moved beyond racial divisions citing Obama's popularity among young and educated whites. But is it all so simple? All blacks interviewed on tv have said quite clearly that they voted for him because he is black and a lot of whites have voted for him so as not to be accused of racism and to feel a supercilious smugness about their open mindedness. African Americans ( AAs ) are quick to accuse others of racism but as an Asian I see them as one of the most racist people in the world. They were brought as slaves by whites in inhuman conditions and treated as less than animals for centuries but they have adopted the religion and names of their white masters, joined the American army and killed hundreds of thousand of Asians. They have fought in Japan, Korea, Vietnam, Afghanistan and Iraq. Yet these countries never shipped African slaves or ever colonised any African country. Only one AA had the courage and honour to say 'this is not my fight' during the Vietnam war and that was Mohd. Ali, the boxer. For that he was hounded and paid a heavy price. A few days back an AA film director ( forget his name ) accused Clint Eastwood of racism because he did not feature any black in his film on Iwo Jima. Clearly this fellow is proud of AAs killing Asians as part of the American army. He is not alone. African Americans have killed hundreds of thousands of Asians for no reason and are proud of it. Rabid racists.