Michael: No, all I can see is black smoke.

BBC: Transcript of 999 Derby fire call

As the plane gained altitude, I could see the vast black pits of the tar-sands mines that surround Fort McMurray.

NEWYORKER: Unconventional Crude

"The way I see flowers in relation to Dior is the way you see black in relation to Yohji Yamamoto, " says Simons on the phone from his car one evening, traveling from his home in Antwerp back to Paris after a long Easter weekend.

WSJ: Florist Mark Colle Springs Into Fashion

Ms. LO: It was extremely interesting because when I came here and I see the people here, especially the black people very empowered here.

NPR: Roundtable: College Students Debate Pew Poll on Race

"I was halfway across the floor, I could see the door, but the air turned black with this thick smoke, " he said.

NPR: No Alarm, Only 1 Exit In Brazil Nightclub Fire

Basically what I see as the middle class of Zimbabwe, be it black, white, whatever racial denomination was, it has been squeezed out.

BBC: Naomi Raaf, victim of farm violence in Zimbabwe

So yeah, I can see the logic in arguments against the importance of the black vote share.

CNN: Historic milestone for African-American voters in 2012

Ms. TANGA ROMAN (Resident, Texas): I think it would mean so much for young black men and young black women to see the first African-American president.

NPR: Texas Women Reflect Shift in Political Sentiments