Daughter Of A Slave Votes For Obama (liberal, African, election)

[Lucario]

Originally Posted by sandycat

I also thought of this. Why do they call him black when he is actually biracial? I think it's because race is something you identify yourself as. It's interesting though. I'd like to hear why or if Obama calls himself black.

He calls himself black because he is.

[mackinac81]

Even though he's half black, it still makes him the first candidate for president that is even half non-white. That alone is historic.

Cool story though. I didn't think there were any children of slaves left.

[Natchezbreed]

This goes all the way back to slavery, if you were known to have even a ounce of black in you, you were considered black. Whites felt the person was tainted of some sort.

Much has not changed today. Even though Obama is half white, most only see a black man.

Originally Posted by sandycat

I also thought of this. Why do they call him black when he is actually biracial? I think it's because race is something you identify yourself as. It's interesting though. I'd like to hear why or if Obama calls himself black.

[pghquest]

Originally Posted by Natchezbreed

Much has not changed today. Even though Obama is half white, most only see a black man.

Most dont care what color he is, and those who see him as black do so simply because he called himself black..

[Marlow]

Thanks for the link--what a cool story.

[sandycat]

Originally Posted by pghquest

Most dont care what color he is, and those who see him as black do so simply because he called himself black..

Ok this is totally off topic, but how on earth did you get two broken wrists??

[arctichomesteader]

Originally Posted by sandycat

I also thought of this. Why do they call him black when he is actually biracial? I think it's because race is something you identify yourself as. It's interesting though. I'd like to hear why or if Obama calls himself black.

Because he's using race to get votes which I find disgusting.

[sandycat]

Originally Posted by arctichomesteader

Because he's using race to get votes which I find disgusting.

That's funny.... He doesn't have to broadcast that he's black, if he called himself white, we'd all be scratching our heads wondering WTF?

And besides, there are some people (more than we can imagine) who won't vote for him because of his race. So, please, give me a break.

[normie]

Originally Posted by Sunil's Dad

He calls himself black.

Good enough reason for me. I call myself Irish because that's what my mother's ancestors were. But there are a lot of nationalities in my blood. I'll bet that's true for most of us.

[BK2Westchester]

Originally Posted by pghquest

Most dont care what color he is, and those who see him as black do so simply because he called himself black..

So if someone asked you to give a description of Senator Obama, how would you go about doing that?

"well, he's a tall, slim, bi-racial guy, with big ears".... hahahahahahahah!!

In the world we live in today, when MOST people see him, they see a black man.

Yes, the fact is he is bi-racial. But he LOOKS blacks and hence, to most people, HE'S BLACK.

Can you imagine if Obama went around saying he was a white boy?? hahahahah