Is Obama the new 'black'? (Is He Really An African-American?)

LA Times ^ | 17 December 2006 | Gregory Rodgriguez

[elhombrelibre]

I don't know; she's not too bad looking, don't you think? Of course, in her chosen profession looks don't matter.

[Thumper1960]

Maybe you need testosterone therapy.

[Thumper1960]

I never understood the obsession with the abundance of melanin in determining ones "Blackness". I sure hope, and wish, the issue had logical value.

[photodawg]

Are either of his parents from Africa?

If not, then he is an American.

That was easy.



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His father is from Kenya. His mother is a white American. He is truly American-African, and the inverse of what the racial terms Black American, Negro, and Afro American define.

[jdm]

She's very attractive; no doubt about it. Look at the shape of her body. Not a fan of short hair, but short hair doesn't make her body any less curvy.

[traditional1]

"Turning their backs on white mothers who raise them to be successful seems to be a common practice among non-blacks who want recognition as black achievers"

Hmmm.... Like Tiger Woods? (you know: the golfer with the Swedish blonde wife)

[photodawg]

Mixed heritage has it's huge disadvantages. No doubt Obama has suffered much the same as this woman has as a result of her having a black father and white mother. Let's get past these things and accept people just for who they are.
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Amen to that my brother. Hey, do you have that girl's number?

[ketelone]

Not at all, chief. Not only the fact that he was born in America (accidentally or not, I could not say). Having an American parent entitles one to apply for American citizenship.

[Al Simmons]

"Mixed heritage has it's huge disadvantages. No doubt Obama has suffered much the same as this woman has as a result of her having a black father and white mother. Let's get past these things and accept people just for who they are."

I agree with your last sentence, but the first part is sarcasm, I hope?

For the record, Halle Berry belongs to the following female 'race' (the only one that matters, actually):

HOT.

UBER-HOT.

"Jelly-knees" HOT.

"Bubbling Brown Sugar HOT."

[L98Fiero]

"Turning their backs on white mothers who raise them to be successful seems to be a common practice among non-blacks who want recognition as black achievers."

The old "which box you gonna check?" syndrome.

[Xenalyte]

Then he is in fact African-American.

See? I said it was easy.

[Al Simmons]

"Never got the Halle Berry obsession. I just don't see it."

Haven't been to the Optometrist to update the old prescription the last decade, have we?

[Al Simmons]

In that picture we see Berry (as 'Storm') even HOTTER because her hair is LONG (not because its white).

[nitzy]

If they were from Africa and immigrate to the U.S. they would have said the following....

I hereby declare, on oath, that I absolutely and entirely renounce and abjure all allegiance and fidelity to any foreign prince, potentate, state, or sovereignty of whom or which I have heretofore been a subject or citizen<\em>

In that regard, there is no acceptable use of the term "African-American"

[edpc]

most black Americans are descendants of slaves who had their African cultural heritage brutally stripped from them.

Oh, please. In the places where "cultures" are still intact in Africa, the standards of living are deplorable. Where they've become "modernized", it's not much better.

[AmishDude]

He is equally Kansan-American, it would seem.

[Al Simmons]

"Hmmm.... Like Tiger Woods? (you know: the golfer with the Swedish blonde wife)"

Woods has in the past jokingly called himself "Cablinasian" because, if you go to the grandparents generation, he has at least one white grandparent too.

I have NEVER heard him play the race card in any way shape or form. Yes, he complained about the way his father had been treated at 'whites only' golf courses decades ago. That's legit criticism. But asides from that, I can't recall him ever playing the 'card'.He is as purely American and nothing but as anyone can be.

And he says that his wife is even more competitive than he is. (Hard to believe).

[elhombrelibre]

I think she is too. I was being sarcastic. I have only a couple of small problems with Halle. I think she should have turned down some of the roles she's had, and I think she should embrace both her heritages. It's certainly an interesting comment on our times that there is said to be so much prejudice, yet to get the most mileage out of who she is she claims to be black and hence the first black female Oscar winner. In my book, she's mixed, beautiful, and the skin color is not a real issue. I'm pretty sure most people in the US agree.

[Plutarch]

Our African-American population is West African, Obama's father is East African. He was raised by his white mother. He has neither ethnic nor cultural kinship with our African-American population.

[do the dhue]

Can you repeat what you said? I missed it.