NOW IS RACISM OVER?:

Michael Steele victorious at Republican National Committee meeting (Tom Baldwin, 1/31/09, Times of London)

Republicans last night showed that change can sweep through their party too as they faced up to the arrival of Barack Obama at the White House by electing a black chairman for the first time in their history.

Although Michael Steele insisted he was not framing his bid for the party leadership in terms of race, his victory at the Republican National Committee's meeting in Washington was immediately hailed as another break-through for African Americans.