Is the author of this piece truly this ignorant, or just trying for a bit of political provocation of his/her own?
Shanklin sings the song as Al Sharpton, who - along with Jesse Jackson - and other negroes intimated or actually said those things. The parody is hilarious because Sharpton, Jackson, et al, parade around presenting themselves as the arbiters and representatives of everything that is "legitimately black", and because the original article was written by a liberal black guy. THEY are the ones questioning Obama's "authenticity" - not Shanklin, not Limbaugh, and not the guy who distributed the cd. And, THAT is what makes it good satire.
Shanklin shines a humorous light on their hypocrisy.
Those who are "uncomfortable" with the use of the word "negro" or "negroid", need to get a grip and avail themselves of a dictionary. There is nothing in the least offensive in the word, and taking offense at it, by whites or by blacks, makes about as much sense as a white person being offended at being called Caucasian or Caucasoid. That said, I have no doubt that there are those whites who are ignorant enough of the meaning of those words to be offended by being referred to in those terms as well.
The word is considered racist and is not used in modern society. The dictionary defense is pure bunk and you know it. I have not heard the word Negro since the early sixties...you may not find it offensive-others will.