Quote Originally Posted by Louis VI the Fat View Post
Hmm...I kinda tend to agree with that article. It is a pity for people of mixed-race if Obama should not present himself as such.

Blacks do have an identity, whatever else may be written about this identity. Mixed-race is more complicated. There are all sorts of questions of belonging attached to it. Even if a mixed-race person herself does not want to chose a single heritage, there are lots of social pressures to chose one or the other. Often depending on whom they are dealing with.
In the case of Obama, one drop of blood seems to force him into chosing Black.
Oh come on Louis. You're not a yank, but you are a darned sight more knowledgeable about US politics than that. His African heritage is, at best, ONE of the reasons he checked "black" on his form. I'd venture to guess that a 95% support rating from other Americans who also check "black" on their census boxes might have just a tad to do with it as well.