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Not being rhetorical: Why is Obama considered black?
Posted on 12/4/16 at 10:04 am
Posted on 12/4/16 at 10:04 am
He is half white, half black. Why is he labeled as black? Is there a societal convention for this?
Not trolling.
Not trolling.
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Posted on 12/4/16 at 10:07 am to weagle99
The best part is when someone call him African American as if every African that steps foot in America suddenly becomes African american.
Posted on 12/4/16 at 10:07 am to weagle99
quote:
Is there a societal convention for this?
You're basically black until you're less than an 8th.
Posted on 12/4/16 at 10:08 am to weagle99
Are you not considered "black" if you have 25% AA in your lineage? I seriously don't know the answer to this question.
Posted on 12/4/16 at 10:09 am to C
I know a white guy from Zimbabwe.
Definitely an African-American.
Definitely an African-American.
Posted on 12/4/16 at 10:09 am to weagle99
quote:
Not being rhetorical: Why is Obama considered black?
Because it fits the liberal progressive agenda/narrative.
Posted on 12/4/16 at 10:10 am to HempHead
That's the classic convention.
Of course it is all entirely subjective and can be changed.
Of course it is all entirely subjective and can be changed.
Posted on 12/4/16 at 10:11 am to HempHead
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You're basically black until you're less than an 8th.
Is this how the Civil Rights Division of the DOJ determines whether or not you are "black"? Just trying to understand the legal threshold here.
Posted on 12/4/16 at 10:12 am to HempHead
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You're basically black until you're less than an 8th.
You got it. My wife, brother and I discussed this topic last night. Our take was why do all these individuals with mixed blood that have considerable whiteness in them always herald their color except for the white part? Puzzling to say the least.
Posted on 12/4/16 at 10:14 am to C
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The best part is when someone call him African American as if every African that steps foot in America suddenly becomes African american.
I once saw one of our press members reporting in England that referred to black guy that lived in and was born in England as "African American".
This post was edited on 12/4/16 at 10:15 am
Posted on 12/4/16 at 10:15 am to GurleyGirl
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Because it fits the liberal progressive agenda/narrative.
SO conservatives have been going about the nation for the last 8 years arguing that Obama was white???? It goes both ways.
The same question can and has been raised about Tiger Woods. The reason he and Obama both identify as black is because black society is more accepting, by necessity, than white society is. If a mixed race baby who has the physical characteristics of a black person is presented to a group of black people and white people at the same time both groups are going to immediately say that baby is black. If the same thing is so of a misxed race baby who looks white is presented to the same group with the group knowing who the parents are there are going to be more whites in the group that blacks who would say that baby is black....
Posted on 12/4/16 at 10:18 am to weagle99
One Drop Rule
The one-drop rule is a social and legal principle of racial classification that was historically prominent in the United States asserting that any person with even one ancestor of sub-Saharan-African ancestry ("one drop" of black blood is considered a negro")
The one-drop rule is a social and legal principle of racial classification that was historically prominent in the United States asserting that any person with even one ancestor of sub-Saharan-African ancestry ("one drop" of black blood is considered a negro")
Posted on 12/4/16 at 10:18 am to weagle99
One drop rule.
Posted on 12/4/16 at 10:20 am to GumboPot
quote:
You're basically black until you're less than an 8th.
quote:
Is this how the Civil Rights Division of the DOJ determines whether or not you are "black"? Just trying to understand the legal threshold here.
One Drop of Negro Blood is all it took to be classified as Black
Posted on 12/4/16 at 10:20 am to weagle99
I read these responses and 
at all the political correctness.
Everyone knows, this goes back to how whites viewed interracial relationships and mixed kids!
at all the political correctness. Everyone knows, this goes back to how whites viewed interracial relationships and mixed kids!
Posted on 12/4/16 at 10:21 am to Bestbank Tiger
Mudblood
Posted on 12/4/16 at 10:21 am to TrueTiger
Being African American doesn't require you to be black.
Being black doesn't mean. You're an African american
Being black doesn't mean. You're an African american
Posted on 12/4/16 at 10:22 am to Loserman
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One Drop of Negro Blood is all it took to be classified as Black
This 100%
Posted on 12/4/16 at 10:25 am to oklahogjr
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Being African American doesn't require you to be black.
You sound like that woman that was white who professed to be black. Y'all siblings?
Posted on 12/4/16 at 10:30 am to Lsuismyfav
Racial Integrity Act of 1924- The Racial Integrity Act required that a racial description of every person be recorded at birth and divided society into only two classifications: white and colored (essentially all other, which included numerous American Indians). It defined race by the "one-drop rule", defining as "colored" persons with any African or Native American ancestry.
It did have a "Pocahontas exception"—since many influential "First Families of Virginia" claimed descent from Pocahontas, a daughter of the Powhatan, the legislature declared that a person could be considered white even if he or she had as much as one-sixteenth Native American ancestry. By comparison, during the 19th century, the legislature had defined that a person with one-eighth or less African ancestry could be considered white.
It did have a "Pocahontas exception"—since many influential "First Families of Virginia" claimed descent from Pocahontas, a daughter of the Powhatan, the legislature declared that a person could be considered white even if he or she had as much as one-sixteenth Native American ancestry. By comparison, during the 19th century, the legislature had defined that a person with one-eighth or less African ancestry could be considered white.
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