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You're just being rhetorical, aren't you?
Race being an artificial and man-made construct has some clear definitions that attaches a whole lot of baggage that you clearly understand.
He is referred to as Black, or the Magic Negro, or African American because they are names and labels that on one hand are used to demonize him, belittle him or uplifts him depending on the views of the "labeler".
Ignorance is bliss.
I guess I don’t really have a real purpose with this post. Just confused or maybe even annoyed. If a 100% African American guy gets elected president will we say he’s the second black president? I’d think the 100% black guy that got elected would feel like that statement is inaccurate as well.
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The one-drop rule is a social and legal principle of racial classification that was historically prominent in the United States asserting that any person with even one ancestor of sub-Saharan-African ancestry (“one drop” of black blood) is considered black (Negro in historical terms).
If a 100% African American guy gets elected president will we say he’s the second black president?Let's start with your first statement. You're not 100% sure what a 100% African American is? You're already questioning the racial identity of all the ADOSs, Mixed-Race Africans born in the United States of America and those who choose to self-identify based on shades of skin-tone and DNA. All of their authenticy and accuracy can and will vary but for all intent and purpose, they are 100% African-American. They need not be 50/50 by parents and could very well be 1%/99% by DNA. My survey varies dramatically from yours, and the 100% black guy that got elected would feel like that statement is inaccurate as well.Without you asking those people who identify as African American, you'd probably be surprised with how your speculative thoughts are so very wrong and different. share
Sorry but you lost me with some of this. Can you help clarify? So we are correct to call him black because of the one drop rule? But the 100% black guy would disagree that he’s the second black guy elected (Obama being the first)?
I’m aware I’m ignorant on this topic, I guess it’s annoying to me because it seems it should be as simple as this: a 50/50 is neither only black or only white, but is mixed.
There are no 100% black African-Americans in the U.S. because of centuries of rape from white slaveowners and other factors.
Stop being paternalistic (aka: white racist arrogance) by defining what qualifies as black.
Is that clear enough for you?
I’m really just trying to understand what “black” is supposed to mean. It’s just interesting to me. I don’t want to offend anyone, just want to learn so I’m less ignorant. Is a person black because of “one drop” and a person is white because of zero drops? And this is universally accepted? Is this something I was supposed to have been taught at one time and apparently missed out or wasn’t paying attention?
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You're not ignorant- you're observant. Obama is not the first 100% black president. We still haven't had the first 100% black president, but people with "feelings" will argue with me, and call me (and you) an idiot for pointing out that he's 50% white, and 50% black. Therefore he is of mixed heritage and not the first 100% black president. He is the first president who had a dark complexion so, he was passed off as being the first black president. However (I believe) that I read somewhere that other US presidents (four if I remember correctly) did have black blood in their bloodline, but it did not show in their skin color. This is entirely possible as I have Native American blood in my bloodline, but I am as white as a white person can get- which I am sure some goof in this thread will latch onto in order to call me some kind of racist for not agreeing with the logic that Obama is not the first black president, but knowing (based upon scientific facts) that he is the first president of mixed heritage that had a dark complexion.
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