An interesting perspective...

I just returned from lunch with former colleague (who is currently Caucasian).
Much of discussion focused on politics & recent election.
He confessed to voting Democratic for the first time ever.
His reason? - Not that he really preferred Obama, but that he thought it would be good for his son - a 2-yr-old - to grow up with an African-American president... in the interest of improving race-relations for future generations, moving the country forward in this respect.

(He also noted that during the last few weeks of the campaign, McCain was looking none-too-competent!... this perception may have made it easier to vote for Obama.)

Have a nice day.

p.s. Former colleague noted that we'll know we have achieved race-neutrality when African-American candidate gets same percent of African-American vote as s/he does overall.