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Topic: Why is Obama considered "black"?
Guitarjizzard Joined Thu 01/03/08 Posts: 165	Sat 02/09/08 07:27 PM
Hes mix of both white and black. He belongs in the "other" category.

Cambolaya65 Joined Mon 09/03/07 Posts: 5587	Sat 02/09/08 07:28 PM
he gets jiggy with it?

MirrorMirror Joined Fri 10/26/07 Posts: 89680	Sat 02/09/08 07:28 PM
uh oh

mrsoonerrich78 Joined Thu 05/10/07 Posts: 329	Sat 02/09/08 07:29 PM
i dont like obama i think he would make a bad presdent

Winx Joined Fri 08/31/07 Posts: 39051	Sat 02/09/08 07:29 PM
If you are half black, you are still considered black.

jtitol Joined Sun 01/13/08 Posts: 5396	Sat 02/09/08 07:29 PM
he gets jiggy with it?

lavos28 Joined Sat 10/27/07 Posts: 1196	Sat 02/09/08 07:30 PM
is it just me or does anyone else think he sounds like the rock?

PATSFAN Joined Mon 12/10/07 Posts: 42782	Sat 02/09/08 07:31 PM
I thought he was an eskimo/Irishmen

Dragoness Joined Wed 10/17/07 Posts: 23320	Sat 02/09/08 07:32 PM
Well in the history of the US any black blood meant you were black. I think this is changing some but that is how it has been historically. Most mixed race people with black in them claim the black above the rest, why this is, I do not know that answer. Unless it is from the historical indications before. Either way he is a promising young man. I see him doing well for himself and possibly our country if he makes it there.

Guitar_Hero_2000 Joined Tue 10/23/07 Posts: 303	Sat 02/09/08 07:33 PM
The correct answer is who gives a sh1t.

Guitarjizzard Joined Thu 01/03/08 Posts: 165	Sat 02/09/08 07:36 PM
The correct answer is who gives a sh1t. nope. thats your answer. dont confuse the two.

Guitarjizzard Joined Thu 01/03/08 Posts: 165	Sat 02/09/08 07:37 PM
If you are half black, you are still considered black. who made up this rule? is it in the human handbook somewhere?

Guitar_Hero_2000 Joined Tue 10/23/07 Posts: 303	Sat 02/09/08 07:37 PM
I just don't see what race has to do with anything.

Guitarjizzard Joined Thu 01/03/08 Posts: 165	Sat 02/09/08 07:43 PM
well in this country, like it or not, race does have somthing to do with many things. My question wasnt a matter of race per se, but one of polemics.

rambill79 Joined Thu 09/14/06 Posts: 5780	Sat 02/09/08 07:43 PM
they probably call him black because he is black. duhhhhh

Winx Joined Fri 08/31/07 Posts: 39051	Sat 02/09/08 09:37 PM Edited by Winx on Sat 02/09/08 09:50 PM
If you are half black, you are still considered black. who made up this rule? is it in the human handbook somewhere? When you register a child for school, that is how they do it. Then the school shows what percentage black and what percentage white, etc. are attending the school.

s1owhand Joined Fri 05/18/07 Posts: 29437	Sat 02/09/08 09:45 PM
he considers himself to be african american?

andrewzooms Joined Fri 10/26/07 Posts: 2842	Sat 02/09/08 09:45 PM
50 percent black is still more black then those crazy white rich aristocrats in washington.

Guitarjizzard Joined Thu 01/03/08 Posts: 165	Sat 02/09/08 09:56 PM
When you register a child for school, that is how they do it. Then the school shows what percentage black and what percentage white, etc. that the school has. pardon me, but i didnt ask how schools conduct racial categorization. I asked for the rulebook article detailing exactly how having an arbitrary amount of black ancestry automatically classifies one, ipso facto, as black.

s1owhand Joined Fri 05/18/07 Posts: 29437	Sat 02/09/08 10:10 PM
from the Wiki: "Barack Hussein Obama (pronounced /bəˈrɑːk huˈseɪn oʊˈbɑːmə/;[1] born August 4, 1961) is the junior United States Senator from Illinois and a leading candidate for the Democratic nomination in the 2008 presidential election.[2][3] The U.S. Senate Historical Office lists him as the fifth African American Senator in U.S. history, the third to have been popularly elected, and the only African American currently serving in the Senate.[4]"