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Originally Posted by tstew
George, but I understood the initial post to be about color...whether he was indeed half black or just 1/4 black. One look at his father will confirm that his father is absolutely black...and his mother is absolutely white. I think that it is a true statement that he is only 1/2 black and 1/2 white, however going 1/4 black and 1/4 Arabic is pushing it. You mentioned the distinction between Arabic and Muslim a few posts back, I also think that it is important to understand the difference between Arabic and Black African Muslim.
In my mind and in a vacuum it would be fair to say that you should not consider him Black, but historically in America he would have been considered very much Black. There were those who were almost visually comp[letely White who were considered Black and treated as such. I don't necessarily like it but it is not a departure from the American culture and the way we have always viewed these things. Personally, I feel that it does not pay sufficient homage to half of his family tree, but it is the reality.
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My first response was to Mark asking if people thought calling Obama a Muslin was racism. I gave my answer which included my thoughts on him being more white than black. Just because his father "looked" black in the picture you saw does not mean he does not have Arabic blood. The man is mixed. I have seen Arabs and even some Jews who are more black than the picture in your avatar. It astounds me that people think all Africans are black. They have as many mixed races there as we do in America. I stand by my post that Obama is 1/4 Black Africa, 1/4 Arabic, and 1/2 White American (which is probably the most mixed of them all).
George - as in curious
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