Boston Globe columnist: We don't need more black White House journos

"With so many other things to worry about, and with the whole world able to see that racial identity is no longer a barrier to even the most powerful position in American life, you might think the press would finally be ready to abandon its unhealthy preoccupation with the color of skin - especially the skin within its own ranks. Alas, no."

This is coming from a columnist (he, of course, get paid for his opinion), but I wonder if it's how people throughout the industry really feel about the election of Barack Obama. Do we need black journalists to cover a black president? I hope organizations like NABJ are ready to have its existence and its members called into question on the national stage for the next four years.