Obama and Arab racism

Andrew Sullivan believes that if he becomes president Obama's skin color will reduce the hatred many Muslims feel towards the U.S.

I'm not sure about this. I suspect there is a tremendous amount of anti-black racism in the Arab world, and having a black president might just cause many Muslim-Arabs to hate us even more than they already do. The treatment of blacks in Sudan (and the indifference towards this in the Arab world) does indicate a shocking amount of hatred towards blacks in this part of the globe.

The left has convinced many Americans that we are a deeply racist society. But in truth I think there is far less racism in the U.S. than in most every other country.

Of course, I don't think any of this is a reason to vote against Obama.