Barack Obama isn’t black. It’s time to drop the charade.
I thought we had moved beyond the “one-drop rule“. But it seems that a man with one African parent, and one white American parent is still considered black in white America, and embraced by black America as a favored son. The problem is, he isn’t black.
I’m not saying this to exclude him from anything, I don’t care if he targets black Americans in his campaign or if he rides the wave all the way to shore. I’m not really included in black America, anyway, so it’s of no consequence to me. But what does bother me is that by calling him black, half his family is considered basically incidental.
Calling my son “black” means my wife and her ancestry are not a part of him. It means his family tree is split down the center. Haven’t we moved past this?
So, Barack Obama is not the first black candidate from a major party in the general. He may be the first non-white, the first mulatto, or the first…well, I ran out…but he is as much white, as he is black. That is all.
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