why does obama get labelled as 'black'?

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Roaring Chubby said:
Good post.

In the modern age though, calling someone black because they are 1/8th black and 7/8ths white seems inappropriate to be honest.
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Maybe you're saying defining by race is an obsolete concept , I hope you are but then your question would be irrelevant wouldn't it ?

Another way of looking is that many 'white' people fail to recognise on a felt level that many identify against us and our culture ,they simply do not aspire to be 'white ' in looks , manner or rationale . In fact they see us as , warlike, distasteful and uncultured as a race ( they may have a point )
Watched a " who do you think you are " about some 'mixed race ' DJ going back to Africa and meeting a tribal elder . He had thought he was black all his life until this man reflected to him his white enculturation in how he stood , spoke , approached , even held objects . He gave him shirt shrift for " being" white but then became sympathetic over his 'loss'.
Why shouldn't Obama identify as black , it's one of the choices , or does whitey even want to define on what grounds that choice can be made.
 


Roaring Chubby said:
he is half white half black, and was raised by his white mother and family as his dad pissed off to africa when he was young.

maybe its to appease the black community in that they think they have a 'black' president, but truly he is half white and probably far more influenced by white culture than black.

should be called mixed race.
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Cos he picked a sandwich up off the floor and ate it after the 3 second rule
 
Aye! just like Bob Marley, he inherited his music from his Mams side and his dancing from his Dads side, thank God it wasn't the other way round.
 
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