My friend Chris writes:
Apparently, the US is the first majority white nation to elect a President who is a racial minority in his (or her) own country. I'm trying to confirm that, but I think it might be correct. Have you seen anybody talking about this?UPDATE: Reader writes that Fujimori in Peru would be the first, though that depends on whether you consider Latinos caucasion, and whether the distinction even matters in terms of what this point is trying to show.
