Different glasses

So it turns out that not only is Barack Obama black but not "black", he is also a Third Culture Kid, having spent four years of his formative years living in Indonesia and going to local Indonesian primary schools (not a Madrassa, despite smear attempts to the contrary).

"Indonesia taught Berry a culture of tolerance, of community co-operation," says Dwi Asmara Oetoyo, one of his classmates at the Besuki primary school he attended for two years.

"His four years here is a part of his history he can't forget. He'll look at the world through different glasses as a result."