[Windflier]

To me, Obama doesn't look altogether black in an American context, typically meaning west African and northern European with perhaps some native American; seems as if there's something else there.

Having grown up around American blacks all my life, I can tell you that there's nothing extraordinary or unusual about Obama's appearance.

People in my own family range from white skinned with light eyes, to dark skinned with hard nappy hair, and everything in between. We've got blondes, redheads, wavy haired, curly haired, freckled faced, and even redskins like me.

There may be something else in Obama's genes, but whatever it is, it doesn't stand out to me. He's a mongrel like the rest of us.

[aruanan]

Having grown up around American blacks all my life, I can tell you that there's nothing extraordinary or unusual about Obama's appearance.

Dude, his blue lips. That's NOT an ordinary or usual American black phenotype. It's not even common among Africans and I know a LOT of Africans.

[RegulatorCountry]

I’m aware there is just as much variability as there is with the white population. I’m white and there are many old black families here who are lighter complected than I am, every eye color, every hair color. The demarcation is more historical and cultural than anything based upon appearance.

Obama still just doesn’t look like an American black person to me, sorry to disagree but he doesn’t. If Obama, Sr. Is his biological father maybe it’s the difference between east and west African, but I doubt that myself.