[Nakota]

The proper description of Obama's mixed race ancestry is "mulatto". But I suppose it is not correct to use that word anymore.

[YoungSoutherner]

I notice some biracials get offended by that term, some really could care less.

[LWalk18]

The proper description of Obama's mixed race ancestry is "mulatto". But I suppose it is not correct to use that word anymore.

In 1961 when Obama was born, there was no such term or status as Mulatto on the U.S. Census- except for a few Censuses, you could only be black or white. That is the history of this country- we are not South Africa or Latin America, we are the United States, and we had the one drop rule. I doubt that the term "biracial" was even used prior to about 15-20 years ago.

If you saw Obama in the street, without knowing his background, you would think he was just a black guy, not "biracial".