Why is Obama Black?

[DanaC]

Okay, well let's take a different tack: why is it important?

[TheMercenary]

Originally Posted by DanaC

Okay, well let's take a different tack: why is it important?

I guess because a lot of people have co-opted his blackness for their own purposes and to his credit he has generally resisted. But yet I rarely hear of him refered to as half-black, multi-racial would be more accurate. By rarely identifying the other part of his background he ignores it, with the rare exception of pandering to to the crowd when required. Again, to his credit he has done a good job of generally staying out of it, with a few exceptions.