So for 200 years it's OK to classify anyone with a drop of African blood as "black" (and subject them to all forms of racism and discrimination), but once a 1/2 African is elected president, he can't be called "black" all the sudden?
References: [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Racial_Integrity_Act [2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One-drop_rule Ryan Kaldari On 11/17/10 2:18 PM, Strainu wrote: > 2010/11/17<wjhon...@aol.com>: > >> In a message dated 11/17/2010 1:23:04 PM Pacific Standard Time, >> steven.wall...@gmail.com writes: >> >> >> >>> Also, point of quibbling as an American: not looking to argue about it, >>> but >>> Obama is generally thought of as African American, as it says in the >>> second >>> sentence of his en.wiki article. It might offend people if you try and say >>> our President isn't black.>> >>> >>> >> Obama is exactly half-black and half-white. >> Funny how he is "African American" but of course he is equally "Caucasian >> American" >> > Which shows only hot dangerous "political correctness" can get. I > wonder if in 2050, when the white population will no longer be be in > majority, such a person will be called an European-American... > > For those of you who speak other languages than English, I suggest > reading the English, French, Spanish, Italian and/or German versions > of en:Mulatto. You will get an extraordinary glimpse of what different > groups consider relevant about this subject - the French have an > interesting comparison of the term in several languages. > > >> I suppose it's intellectually dishonest to claim that "most American blacks >> are part white", since it's possibly also true that "most American whites >> are part black" >> > Citation needed?:P > > Strainu > > _______________________________________________ > foundation-l mailing list > foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l > _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
