the sources tend to indicate that his being african american and the fact of his being the first are of great one could say monumental importance in american politics it's not really a question of whether one agrees or not in a perfect world it would not be a big deal and people would see him simply as the president or could mention race as an interesting cultural characteristic like being left handed or a basketball fan but the world is not perfect and his being the first black president of america represents a historical shift in race relations perhaps ten years from now societal mores will change and it will not figure so prominently wikipedia as an encyclopedia is a product of its times and inasmuch as it draws on sources with cultural biases it is a product of the various cultures that produce the sources it cites it's not practical to try to achieve objectivity through logical analysis that's also a form of bias