Genetically race is determined from the mother's dna -- Therefore Sen. Obama (genetically) is white with a Kenyan fathe, Tiger Woods is Asian with a Black American father, Haile Berry, Jasmin Guy, etc. I am now drolling. Socially, since slavery, black is defined as 1 drop of black blood in your veins, just the way it is.
Genetically race is determined from the mother's dna -- Therefore Sen. Obama (genetically) is white with a Kenyan fathe, Tiger Woods is Asian with a Black American father, Haile Berry, Jasmin Guy, etc. I am now drolling. Socially, since slavery, black is defined as 1 drop of black blood in your veins, just the way it is.
People also get to self-identify with race. So I would call myself multi-racial b/c I identify with many races from my upbringing with a white/italian dad, black aunt, mexican/black cousins, irish cousins, asian best friend etc.
So Obama identfies himself more as african american most likely because many americans see him as that.
People also get to self-identify with race. So I would call myself multi-racial b/c I identify with many races from my upbringing with a white/italian dad, black aunt, mexican/black cousins, irish cousins, asian best friend etc.
So Obama identfies himself more as african american most likely because many americans see him as that.
Exactly my thoughts. As a mother of three bi-racial kids I feel left out if they are referred to as "Black". Where is my part of the mix? True the NAACP won't like it if many "black" people are suddenly bi-racial but why buy into the White slave masters ideology to classify someone with a drop of black blood, "black" for the sake of being able to sell that person! Hallo..... it was a white idea to manipulate commerce. So what is wrong with being multi-racial as a category? Race is biologically a figament of the imagination. There are just graduations of different fenotypes, many area's of gray. Come on America, at least aknowledge Barak's Mama who raised him!
Exactly my thoughts. As a mother of three bi-racial kids I feel left out if they are referred to as "Black". Where is my part of the mix? True the NAACP won't like it if many "black" people are suddenly bi-racial but why buy into the White slave masters ideology to classify someone with a drop of black blood, "black" for the sake of being able to sell that person! Hallo..... it was a white idea to manipulate commerce. So what is wrong with being multi-racial as a category? Race is biologically a figament of the imagination. There are just graduations of different fenotypes, many area's of gray. Come on America, at least aknowledge Barak's Mama who raised him!
