Obama First Bi-Racial President — Not African-American

[CorderoAries]

Originally Posted by victorianpunk

I did not read all the posts but yes, Obama is mixed, not black. His black family in Africa considers him white and he was raised by whites.

But, he is a self-hating mixed man, as his writings prove:
"As I imagined myself following Malcolm X’s call, one line in his book stayed me. He spoke of his wish that the white blood that ran through him, there by an act of violence, might somehow be expunged. I knew that, for Malcolm, that wish would never be incidental. I knew as well that traveling down the road to self-respect my own white blood would never recede into mere abstraction."
-Words of Barack Obama from "Dreams of my Father" « Ivory Dome

Now, imagine the outrage if he had said that about his black side. He would be called out for a self-hating bum who needs therapy, and not a job at the White House, and rightly so. But if he only hates his white side, that's okay.

And when it came time for the census, what does he do?

Obama Census Choice: African-American

If he had picked "white" on the census, we would have never heard the end of it, even though he is just as white as he is black.

And what does he say about his own mixed heritage?
Obama: New dog could be ‘mutt like me’ – CNN Political Ticker - CNN.com Blogs

I was a mixed kid bullied by blacks who shouted "mutt" amongst other things when they targeted me with their racial hatred. Both I and many other mixed people do not find his using this racial slur to be funny. What if he said he was getting a black lab and that it would be a "darkie, like me"? We would have never heard the end of it.

I am proud to be mixed, and will never in a million years apologize to any white OR black supremacist for what I am. Obama on the other hand is a self hating coward. Just one of the many reasons why he is unfit to be president.

And watch, the black supremacists will try to tear me apart for being proud of being a part of the mulatto/pardo/creole/coloured/baster identity. They will insist I am still black and after hurling insults say I am "a brotha"

And Malcolm X was mixed race himself and embraced his and mixedness and mixed race lineage after he changed his beliefs and views more towards the end of his life.

[CorderoAries]

Originally Posted by citizenkane2

If Obama is black.....then Zimmerman is Hispanic

No, YOU mean if Obama is black, then Zimmerman is BLACK. Hispanic is NOT a race. Hispanics can be of any race. George Zimmerman's mother has black African descent and roots.

[Ringo1]

Goodness gracious. Are conservatives still moving forward with their race obsession since Obama got elected?

Let's give it a rest.

[CorderoAries]

Originally Posted by Manigault

No one called Roy Campanella bi-racial, he was black although his father was white. No one called Franco Harris, Halle Berry, Derek Jeter or others with one white parent bi-racial. They were judged to be black.

So then all of a sudden we get a president with one white parent. So, black folks are not allowed to claim him with pride? He must be adjudged 'bi-racial'? That's inconsistent and ignores history. It also sounds like the people making such a stipulation have an ulterior motive.

Keep in mind that many people like Irish, Italians, Sicilians, Jews etc were not always considered as WHITES. And many of these groups sometimes even had it worse than blacks and African Americans, and many of these groups that mixed with each other were often considered as mixed race others and didn't fit into the black or white paradigms.

[banjomike]

What difference does it make?
None at all, except to racists, and they won't ever be able to be comfortable until he's retired.

For sure, our next ethnic/racial minority President will not be as calm and collected as Obama has been with all the racial fog that has surrounded him since day one. He's the Jackie robinson of politics. Don't expect the next one to be as tolerant of the racial BS.