ebrown_p wrote:Quote:
if Barack Obama was running in the early 20th century, he would not have been identified as just Black or African-American. There was a specific term used for children of bi-racial marriages; used by both Whites and Blacks, and no one was insulted.
This is the most ignorant thing I have read on the internet all week.
In the early 20th century not only were there deeply offensive slurs against bi-racial marriages-- these marriages were ILLEGAL in most states.
This post is a sick joke.
You should read my statement above carefully, since when I referred to Barack Obama, it was in the context of having
mixed parentage. In the early 20th century that was referred to as
mulatto. It was not a pejorative term at that time. And, he would not have been referred to as "Colored," (referring to your photograph posted) as were children of marriages where both parents were Black. I don't believe one should be offended by historical facts, especially on a forum that is supposed to value intellectual honesty.
Also, your point above about bi-racial marriages having slurs made against them, and being illegal in many states, is a non-sequitor to my post, and in my opinion, seems like an ad hominem comment.
If you can't answer my original question, as to whether Barack Obama, being a child of an inter-racial marriage should be considered Black or African-American, since it would be giving credence to the racist "one-drop" paradigm of race, you need not make false accusations about the post being a "sick joke."
To be precise, Barack Obama, obviously has every right to identify with Black America, and Black America has every right to identify with Barack Obama, but he is still bi-racial, and not Black, if one wants to be precise.
In my opinion, the Democratic Party might like everyone with any Black ancestry to identify themselves as Black or African-American, since that might help sway that individual to then believing he or she should be a
loyal Democrat, as Blacks have shown themselves to be. In other words, there is very little "block" voting if people had independent identities.