On 6/10/08, Ronn! Blankenship <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > At 04:17 AM Tuesday 6/10/2008, William T Goodall wrote: > >On 10 Jun 2008, at 04:10, Wayne Eddy wrote: > > > > > > I am curious why Obama is being categorised as black? > > > > AFAICT the principal reason is that he is the > only candidate since the founding of the nation > who has gotten this far in the race for POTUS who > is known to have at least one black parent rather > than being as far as everyone knows a descendent of 100% white ancestors.
Warren G. Harding had black ancestors on both sides of his family. By the "one drop" definition, he would definitely have been a black president. I've read theories about other presidents... hang on a sec... ok, here's a link for you. http://www.diversityinc.com/public/3085.cfm This link lists Jefferson, Jackson, Lincoln, Harding, and Coolidge as presidents who had or may have had "African ancestry" (as the article calls it). -- Mauro Diotallevi Alcohol and calculus don't mix. Don't drink and derive. _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
