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> You might be surprised, but in the American context numerous people considered "black" for political reasons clearly have microscopic amounts of black admixtu
by zeveb 10y ago
> You might be surprised, but in the American context numerous people considered "black" for political reasons clearly have microscopic amounts of black admixture.
E.g. Mr. Obama, who is actually half-white but considered black by American blacks and whites alike.
- SolaceQuantum 10y agoI knew a colleague who had a relative who knew Obama before he became a politician. Back then, Barack was far more embracing of himself as a mixed-race individual. He made a choice later on to be identified as a black man.
- djtriptych 10y agoAnother interpretation is that the choice was made for him.
- pessimizer 10y agoAmerican blacks who are on average about 12% white and 5% native. The obsession with discussing how black black people are is annoying. Slavery, Jim Crow, and racial discrimination wasn't and isn't exclusively for 100% sub-Saharan African descended people; only South African apartheid micromanaged that much. edit: And 50% is a microscopic amount, now?