Is the world ready?

'Is the world ready for a black president?' is a question that I am so tired of hearing. My answer to this question would be 'Why wouldn't the world be ready?' When I brought this issue up to my mother she just said that people are just afraid of change. I feel like people are more afraid of the fact that a black man could possibly be the president more than the fact that they are afraid of change. Which brings me to another issue that I just can't get over. Why is it such a big deal for a black person to have power? I just don't understand why people would rather kill someone than let them possibly make the world a better place for more people. I am disgusted at the people that have already set up plans to kill Obama if he wins. It really makes me sad to think that there are people out there that would kill another human being just because of that person skin color. Just the other day, a man was put in prison because he had written a blog on Myspace(if I'm not mistaken) stating that he was going to kill 88 black people and decapitate 14 of them and make Obama his final target. Now I can only speak for myself but I personally think that the world calls the wrong race the 'ignorant race'. I have never heard of a black person ever saying that they would kill the president just because he's white. But I guess that just lets you know just how much the world has actually changed.