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I don't understand- why is barack obama black? - Page 2

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gwho
Profile Blog Joined January 2008
United States632 Posts
June 04 2008 20:13 GMT
#21
and also whne it comes to looks black skin dominates traces of other skin color.
Straylight
Profile Joined March 2008
Canada706 Posts
June 04 2008 20:20 GMT
#22
On June 05 2008 03:21 thedeadhaji wrote:
Tiger woods is half vietnamese but he's black.

Same deal.

Also derek jeter is half white but he's black.

The list goes on.


There was that time Oprah brought Woods onto her show and she like "Isn't it great to see black people succeed."

Woods was like "I'm not black."
It felt like gravity.
Mortality
Profile Blog Joined December 2005
United States4790 Posts
June 04 2008 20:22 GMT
#23
On June 05 2008 05:12 Carnac wrote:
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On June 05 2008 03:32 blabber wrote:
On June 05 2008 03:12 HamerD wrote:
If his mother is white, then surely barack obama is 'mixed race' or 'half-caste'? Why are people obsessed with that word in his context. My two problems with this are a) Obama is an excellent candidate and leader regardless of colour, b) Obama isn't actually entirely african descendancy or entirely white descendancy (hmm apparently that's not a word but whatever)

Has this issue ever been addressed by persons in the media or in fact by Barack himself?

Isn't it like, at least in some states, if you are partly a minority race, you are considered that race. So if you're half white and half black, you're considered black. I'm not sure if that's a national thing, but I'm pretty sure it's like that in some states. Some extreme cases involve being like 1/16th black and rest white but still being officially black.
sounds like the laws about jews in the 3rd reich with 1/16th jews and what not


That's exactly what it's like. Isn't affirmative action wonderful?
Even though this Proleague bullshit has been completely bogus, I really, really, really do not see how Khan can lose this. I swear I will kill myself if they do. - nesix before KHAN lost to eNature
Mindcrime
Profile Joined July 2004
United States6899 Posts
June 04 2008 20:35 GMT
#24
On June 05 2008 05:22 Mortality wrote:
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On June 05 2008 05:12 Carnac wrote:
On June 05 2008 03:32 blabber wrote:
On June 05 2008 03:12 HamerD wrote:
If his mother is white, then surely barack obama is 'mixed race' or 'half-caste'? Why are people obsessed with that word in his context. My two problems with this are a) Obama is an excellent candidate and leader regardless of colour, b) Obama isn't actually entirely african descendancy or entirely white descendancy (hmm apparently that's not a word but whatever)

Has this issue ever been addressed by persons in the media or in fact by Barack himself?

Isn't it like, at least in some states, if you are partly a minority race, you are considered that race. So if you're half white and half black, you're considered black. I'm not sure if that's a national thing, but I'm pretty sure it's like that in some states. Some extreme cases involve being like 1/16th black and rest white but still being officially black.
sounds like the laws about jews in the 3rd reich with 1/16th jews and what not


That's exactly what it's like. Isn't affirmative action wonderful?


what the fuck
That wasn't any act of God. That was an act of pure human fuckery.
alffla
Profile Blog Joined November 2005
Hong Kong20321 Posts
June 04 2008 21:20 GMT
#25
On June 05 2008 05:20 Straylight wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 05 2008 03:21 thedeadhaji wrote:
Tiger woods is half vietnamese but he's black.

Same deal.

Also derek jeter is half white but he's black.

The list goes on.


There was that time Oprah brought Woods onto her show and she like "Isn't it great to see black people succeed."

Woods was like "I'm not black."


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OverTheUnder
Profile Blog Joined November 2004
United States2929 Posts
June 04 2008 21:26 GMT
#26
yea it's pretty simple, race isn't the driving force behind it...just skin color.

people are called black when they look black..omg it's crazy.
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gwho
Profile Blog Joined January 2008
United States632 Posts
Last Edited: 2008-06-04 21:34:58
June 04 2008 21:34 GMT
#27
maybe we should start calling him "Black Obama" instead. ahha

barack = hilary = mccain = bush. *ehem.
UmmTheHobo
Profile Blog Joined April 2008
United States650 Posts
June 04 2008 22:09 GMT
#28
So he can pull the race card when the time comes.
...
Krohm
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
Canada1857 Posts
June 04 2008 22:56 GMT
#29
On June 05 2008 05:12 Carnac wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 05 2008 03:32 blabber wrote:
On June 05 2008 03:12 HamerD wrote:
If his mother is white, then surely barack obama is 'mixed race' or 'half-caste'? Why are people obsessed with that word in his context. My two problems with this are a) Obama is an excellent candidate and leader regardless of colour, b) Obama isn't actually entirely african descendancy or entirely white descendancy (hmm apparently that's not a word but whatever)

Has this issue ever been addressed by persons in the media or in fact by Barack himself?

Isn't it like, at least in some states, if you are partly a minority race, you are considered that race. So if you're half white and half black, you're considered black. I'm not sure if that's a national thing, but I'm pretty sure it's like that in some states. Some extreme cases involve being like 1/16th black and rest white but still being officially black.
sounds like the laws about jews in the 3rd reich with 1/16th jews and what not

Sometimes just generalizing what race a person is isn't a bad thing. I mean in my case, if people didn't it would be something like this... "Hey there goes that 1/8th black, 3/8ths Native American, 2/8ths Irish, 2/8ths British guy!"

I'm such a mutt.

But people ether think I'm white, or an Indian. (The very odd time people think I'm Asian... No idea why.)

However, The 3rd Reich was pretty bad. They'd kill anyone who was a quarter Jewish, even if they were full out German speaking citizens. But if you were less then that, they would leave you be, as long as you were a German speaking citizen. No doubt they got it rough regardless. Probably with forced labour.

Obama looks black. So thats all there really is to it. Not every news agency is going to refer to him as that Half White/Half Black guy.
Not bad for a cat toy.
BaDayOri
Profile Blog Joined December 2007
Korea (South)469 Posts
June 05 2008 00:48 GMT
#30
On June 05 2008 03:20 Jibba wrote:
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That's why.

I thought that was real..for a second
and no homo but you better show your boy respect, before the heck blow your head off like oral sex -CASSIDY
kpcrew
Profile Blog Joined December 2007
Korea (South)1071 Posts
June 05 2008 01:02 GMT
#31
On June 05 2008 03:21 thedeadhaji wrote:
Tiger woods is half vietnamese but he's black.

Same deal.



This makes Woods himself one-quarter Chinese, one quarter Thai, one quarter African American, one-eighth Native American, and one-eighth Dutch
from wikipedia
hes not vietnamese at all
Clan Lzuruha
.MistiK
Profile Blog Joined August 2007
Netherlands347 Posts
June 05 2008 19:59 GMT
#32
to answer the OP's question: black skin dominates white skin. understand now?
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