[Foundation-l] A question for American Wikimedians

[Ryan Kaldari]

So for 200 years it's OK to classify anyone with a drop of African blood 
as "black" (and subject them to all forms of racism and discrimination), 
but once a 1/2 African is elected president, he can't be called "black" 
all the sudden?

References:
[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Racial_Integrity_Act
[2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One-drop_rule

Ryan Kaldari

On 11/17/10 2:18 PM, Strainu wrote:
> 2010/11/17<WJhonson at aol.com>:
>    
>> In a message dated 11/17/2010 1:23:04 PM Pacific Standard Time,
>> steven.walling at gmail.com writes:
>>
>>
>>      
>>> Also, point of quibbling as an American: not looking to argue about it,
>>> but
>>> Obama is generally thought of as African American, as it says in the
>>> second
>>> sentence of his en.wiki article. It might offend people if you try and say
>>> our President isn't black.>>
>>>
>>>        
>> Obama is exactly half-black and half-white.
>> Funny how he is "African American" but of course he is equally "Caucasian
>> American"
>>      
> Which shows only hot dangerous "political correctness" can get. I
> wonder if in 2050, when the white population will no longer be be in
> majority, such a person will be called an European-American...
>
> For those of you who speak other languages than English, I suggest
> reading the English, French, Spanish, Italian and/or German versions
> of en:Mulatto. You will get an extraordinary glimpse of what different
> groups consider relevant about this subject - the French have an
> interesting comparison of the term in several languages.
>
>    
>> I suppose it's intellectually dishonest to claim that "most American blacks
>> are part white", since it's possibly also true that "most American whites
>> are part black"
>>      
> Citation needed?:P
>
> Strainu
>
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