Obama's true colors: Black, white ... or neither?

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081213/ap_on_re_us/obama_s_not_black

 

A lot of these were the same thoughts going through my mind on that historical night of November 4th. Everyone I knew was celebrating the fact that the US had just elected its first Black president. In my mind, the US had just elected it's first Biracial president.

One thing I disagree with in the article, is when the people who were interviewed say Obama cannot really be considered African-American. If anything, I'd think he's a literal definition (one parent African, one parent American). In that sense as well, history has been made, and the US has indubitably elected it's first African-American president.

For the record, it matters none to me what race he is (because I'm confident he'll be a damn good president either which way). It's just that I was worried I had gone crazy......as I appeared to be the only person in DC who didn't view him as the first Black president per se.

 

I agree with some of this. In voting for him, having a parent of African descent wasn't nearly as important to me as his intelligence.

The fact that he is a minority in this country is a bonus. I'd be remiss to say that his being a man of color as the POTUS isn't a significant event.