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Originally Posted by Beebs
I don't think his opponents are seriously saying that Obama isn't black, maybe factually point out that he is bi-racial, but I think both sides willing accept that he is "socially black".
The only people I have seen is from the "oh there are no races" crowd saying things like "we're all multi-racial" or bi-racial people identifying him specifically as bi-racial so as to further identify with him.
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I see what you mean, but with how much of America is right now (desperately trying to prove that none of us are racist), important black people are popular. This makes a black candidate an almost automatic, unwritten political version of Affirmative Action. I personally like Barack Obama, but I have no doubt that this was a large factor in his election. Many conservatives have also realized that his "blackness" likely influenced his election therefore are trying to diminish it to make him less popular.
I wonder how long it will take race to die, we need a global catastrophe to realize we're all humans.