This is one of those American exceptionalism things. Obama is considered Black because of the one drop rule. The race codes adopted in slave and ex-slave states held that if you weren't 100% White, you were Black.
Every other country handled things differently, with discriminatory but fairly complex race codes. Essentially Obama would be considered Black only in America.
We will not wait upon mine answer; for the answer is weight. It is for the fullness of our pleasure that this very selfsame double look not empty, but in equal scale.
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Don't be fatuous, Jeffrey.
Ich bin expert.
Who wuz it? Who said he's black. I'll get that dirty basterd
So who's going to serve me coffee now?
Hey, I know that guy. He's a nihilist.
He's so black, fireflies follow him around in the daytime.
Hey, if the plebes pefer a maroon for the plutocrat-stooge-en-chef, is that any skin off plutocrat proboscis?
The Christians
Contrary to the one-drop rule, he's just as white as he is black.
I think the proper term is biracial.
Enron, that was a disaster. Here, try this:
And dude, black is not the preferred nomenclature. African-American, please.
Did I urinate on your rug?
This isn't a guy who picked cotton here. This is a guy...
Do you speak English sir? Parla usted Inglese?
If he serves his masters well, he'l soon be a "bear".
http://www.rsdb.org/
Americans won't vote for a man who looks like an african dictator, or speaks like 50 cent.
Ebonics was supposed to solve this for us
ioz, it's "micturate," not "urinate".
Next election, I'm voting for 50 cent.
anon 8:21, you're out of your element.
Besides, I told you, Wu peed on my rug.
This is one of those American exceptionalism things. Obama is considered Black because of the one drop rule. The race codes adopted in slave and ex-slave states held that if you weren't 100% White, you were Black.
Every other country handled things differently, with discriminatory but fairly complex race codes. Essentially Obama would be considered Black only in America.
South Africa had this down pat.
The Nips being honorary whites for business reasons is brilliant.
anon at 8:31, you are right. i was out of my element. i have penciled in some face time w/the dude in the very near future.
meiere fas est-juvenal
We will not wait upon mine answer; for the answer is weight. It is for the fullness of our pleasure that this very selfsame double look not empty, but in equal scale.
"I wish I would've known"?
Really? Really?
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