[FreeBSD]

(Actually, Obama is biracial; one can only call him “African-American” by reading his white mother out of his genetic code.)

This is new. I never heard this rule for 'african-american' before.

[BlessedBeGod]

This is new. I never heard this rule for 'african-american' before.

LOL, he's Half-rican-American.

[mrustow]

(Actually, Obama is biracial; one can only call him “African-American” by reading his white mother out of his genetic code.)

This is new. I never heard this rule for 'african-american' before.

It doesn't sound like a rule for African American to me; it sounds like a rule of biology, honesty, and decency. My son is biracial, and if you referred to him as if he weren't half white (i.e., as if I weren't his father), I'd knock you on your a$$.