@Mrkim: Alright then, using your words, I perceive the original post as racist as I perceive that the two facts were deliberately put together to imply the reason for the downgrade in the credit rating is in relation to the colour of the president's skin. I have no issue with people blaming Obama for the credit rating downgrade (as I said in an earlier post I too think it is, at least in part, due to his decisions and policies). What I have issue with is the (perceived) implication that it is due to him being black. To me the colour of his skin is incidental to this situation.

When I was growing up I lived in a small town which was predominantly white. There were only two Maori families in the town and they were not nice people. That was my reality when it came to Maori people. My family then moved to a town in another part of the country where approximately 50% of the population were Maori. I quickly learned that regardless of skin colour you get good and bad people, you get intelligent people and stupid people from all races, you get variety of opinion that has nothing to do with race, gender or other physical attributes. I feel that those (I do not include you with those) who, due to his skin colour, blame Obama for your country's woes have not yet learned that (and potentially never will).

I find it funny/interesting/sad that those who say that this is all due to Obama being black will be the first to say that black people do not have the right to expect racial quotas in employment and education etc. They can't have it both ways. Either their skin colour has nothing to do with the decisions they make and therefore they deserve no special treatment, but Obama's decisions have nothing to do with his skin colour, or their race means they can't help what they do which means you can blame Obama's blackness for his performance, but it also then means they should have rights to special treatment in education and employment. In case I haven't made my own opinion clear, I believe that race has nothing to do with the decisions we make, therefore Obama should not be judged based on his skin colour, but there should also be no 'positive discrimination' policies either.