truth of the matter is, he is half black and half white...so, why don't they brag up the white half?
2007-02-26 14:22:58 · 19 answers · asked by jstrmbill 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Other - Cultures & Groups
Why does this bother you?
Why are you focusing on this. Why are you so concerned about what he "is."
Go look in the mirror.
Who do you see?
Perhaps a racist is looking back at ye
2007-02-26 14:28:17 · answer #1 · answered by Libby 6 · 4⤊ 3⤋
It stems from the one-drop rule really, and the idea that if a person looks black, they are black. Also in the U.S. many people claim to be native americans who are really only 1/2 or 1/4 and possibly less than that.
2007-02-26 22:48:54 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If he wasnt running he would be just another black person, like tiger woods even though he is is mixed, now that he has a chance, white people will start saying, "oh our President's biracial not black", just like you all did when Tiger Woods career started booming!
2007-02-27 12:29:05 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why do "they" keep saying obama is the first black president to run?
~Who is they?
~I havent heard of people saying he is the first black president to run.
~Once again a white person cant stand a sucsseful black person getting attention. HEY any black person getting attention.
~You want Obama to brag about the white half. Aint gonna happen.
~Obama knows what he is, but basically if you have some black in you, you are black i disagree with that but its true.
~If you love me than thank you, if you hate me then ***** you,.
2007-02-26 23:00:33 · answer #4 · answered by TastyCookies 3 · 1⤊ 2⤋
If Obama wasn't running for President he would be just a nother *****. Now that he might be on the ticket all of a sudden he is half white. White people made the one drop rule, now they want to complain about it.
2007-02-26 22:30:19 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 1⤋
Because he is a Black man running for president. By the way, who are the "they" that you are speaking of?
2007-02-26 22:45:28 · answer #6 · answered by candace b 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"Shirley Chisholm, the first black American woman elected to Congress, and the first black person or woman to run for president of the United States, has died at the age of 80. "
That was two years ago..in case anyone was wondering.
2007-02-26 22:45:14 · answer #7 · answered by coutterhill 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Well actually if he is successful in the primaries and cacuses, then yes he would be the first, but actually Colin Powell I believe tried once but didnt make it to the top two in the elections that George Bush ended up winning in 2000.
2007-02-26 22:28:49 · answer #8 · answered by Chad 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Well you know how society is. You have a drop of black, you are black. But he is not the first black to run for president. I think Jesse Jackson was.
2007-02-26 22:26:40 · answer #9 · answered by amissybell 4 · 2⤊ 2⤋
Maybe he's actually the first African to run as a majority candidate for Presidency.
2007-02-27 01:03:45 · answer #10 · answered by kimthornton1231 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Well, it is a known fact that if you got a little bit of black in you, you are black. That was carried over from slavery-times!Being politically correct.....He IS the first black to run for President!
2007-02-26 22:29:17 · answer #11 · answered by Calebs Mom 3 · 0⤊ 3⤋