This is a prime example why some people may think that there are a significant amount of black people that vote based on color first.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_CE5Q-gKZE

And I've always thought Obama was ~50% Caucasian and ~50%
African. :confused:

That was what I thought too.
I wonder what you will call half Asian half Caucasian?
I wonder what we will call Half Asian half Black?

It's confusing really, if someone that is half white and half black is considered black.

I agree. Unfortunately, this "rule of thumb" has been promulgated in law and supported by the U.S. Supreme Court. They refer to it as the "One Drop Rule." Although it has been overturned, Plessy v. Ferguson is one such case.



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One-drop_rule

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plessy_v._ferguson

What a freakin' train wreck :rofl:

blackanese or blasian. :rofl:

Lets be honest people. Black americans have been treating Obama like he is 110% black man, when in actuality it is 50%. Historically, black people are not so quick to accept mixed people like this and take them in as their own. Like I said, I have actually seen shirts here in Atlanta with him and MLK together. I don't like being politically correct, so it is completely laughable to sit here and read these post that it is not racial and that "most" of black America has not adopted this guy as their own and that there are not tons of black people that are voting for him primarily becaue he is black. Wake up people. Stop being so politically correct.

First, I must have missed that chapter in the handbook about "black people are not so quick to accept mixed people."

Second, since the 1960's blacks have voted heavily for the democratic party, regardless of race.

Third, there is another black person running for president, Cynthia Mckinney. By your statement, she should be getting at least 99% of the black female vote.

Fourth, When Alan Keys ran... how many black votes did he get? Not many.

Fifth, black folks were not completely sold on Obama at the start of his campaign. In fact, my own house was divided. I was for Obama... my wife was for Clinton.

Sixth, And why are we trying to divide Obama up between his black half and his white half? If he was required to check a box that asked "White, Black, Hispanic(non-black), Asian, Native American, or Pacific Islander" he would have to select black.

All this talk about what Obama is or isn't reminds me of this:

http://video.aol.com/video-detail/ch...aft/3286207855

But your excuses for Cynthia McKinney and Alan Keys shouldn't matter. The only thing that should matter, at least according to you, is the fact that they are black. Yes, Cynthia McKinney is the presidential nominee for the Green Party.

Being of mixed heritage is more than just skin color. You cannot look at a person and tell whether they are mixed. Was Thurgood Marshall? No. Was Cab Calloway? No. Is Colin Powell? No. How about Harold Ford, Jr? No. (I tried to think of the fairest skinned black folks to prove this point) But you know who is? Slash from Guns and Roses. There are plenty of fairer skinned blacks than Obama that are not of mixed heritage. Granted, there are hardly any African American decendant of slaves that are without some mixed heritage in their ancestry, not even the darkest of us.

Sure, there are some intraracial issues among blacks, but it has nothing to do with not accepting mixed people.

I thought it was kinda funny that Barack was advertising in video games. His campaign is just ahead of the game!

Just thought I'd note we are probably all of mixed heritage. I can find some agreement with the fact that blacks seem to inherently vote democrat. IMO that really doesn't make it any better than simply voting on skin tone. If you'd like to see an example of crappy voting based on not understanding facts and simply voting democrat, come to Maryland and check out Martin O'Malley. He ruined the city of Baltimore and is now ruining the state voted in by primarily 3 counties in Maryland. :(

Obama has simply changed the way you win an election by playing down to the lowest denominator, video games, T-shirts for sale at mall kiosks, etc. It isn't necessarily bad. I mean if you're trying to get someone elected why not take the American Idol approach? Look how successful it is. This will be a defining election in a couple ways including seeing if these amounts of people who are "excited" about Obama actually show up to vote for him. The "youth" vote or "new voter" vote has routinely been a disappointment, but maybe that will be different this year.