media election camera perspecive

By now every type of media is buzzing with the historic hopefully world changing event of last nights election result. As i watched last night as the events unfolded channel to television channel and the exciting result was coming into focus i was noticing an interesting perspective being taken up by the TV news, more and more black individuals where being centered on by the election coverage cameras.
Now i do not deny that this is a great moment not only in history and also to the black community but isn't it really a grad moment to all people of color. As Obama mentioned in his pre election win speech (which i found very touching and hopeful) anything is now possible in the eyes of the young no matter their race or background. We now have our first president of color which i myself am shocked about. Please don't misunderstand i personally believe that now President Obama maybe our messiah but in my lifetime i thought i would see a female white president than a person of color in the white house (which as the political rap group Public Enemy has mentioned i believe in an 80's song "we should paint the white house black").
As the numbers were becoming more certain i just noticed the change in media crowd attention. Like mentioned before more black individuals were being pictured in the frame, black commentators were appearing more at the anchor desks for comments. At one point i was surprised to see that one channel decided to ask a Latino governor (i believe he was a governor) of New Mexico to comment on the events. This is really a comment on how quick the media is to catch on a situation and present to us what we think is proper imagery, and exploit that imagery.
Channel after channel showing the emotional change in power by a close up of a black persons face in tears. Would it be less powerful to see say a white individual in tears over the happiness of Obama being named our 44th president (is it really 44th?)? I as a person of color am happy and moved that we now have someone that will inspire hope for our future and am especially ecstatic that that individual who will lead us into a new era is a person of color.