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Originally Posted by PersonaNonGrata
Since this issue has been characterized by some as a racial attack, may I ask whether it is acceptable or politically correct to refer to Obama as Caucasian or half-Caucausian? He is always referred to as "black" or "African American" but he is of mixed racial heritage but that seems to not be mentioned. Just curious....
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You see, unfortunately, I am not black. There are lots of different kinds of blood in our family. But here in the United States, the word 'Negro' is used to mean anyone who has
any Negro blood at all in his veins. In Africa, the word is more pure. It means all Negro, therefore black. I am brown.
~ Langston Hughes
‘One-drop rule’ persists | Harvard Gazette