> Why is Obama considered black? It's obvious that's he's black and Caucasian. Why he's called black in America while in other places he'd be mixed-race is a p

> Why is Obama considered black? It's obvious that's he's black and Caucasian. Why he's called black in America while in other places he'd be mixed-race is a product of American culture and his own preference I imagine (many mixed-race people decide to 'identify as black', meaning culturally). But the label he's given does not change his underlying race.