Maybe instead of "mulatto" I should have called him a mutt? I DO NOT mean that in a durogatory sense: Think of all the "white", "black, and "interracial" people you know and tell me they(we) aren't all mutts? I'm a Swedish/Dutch/Irish/Kenyan/Sicilian mutt... But I'm American. That's the catch.
Don't get me wrong, I'll be pulling the lever for Obama in November.
But I maintain that he isn't any more black than he is white. Leaps and bounds have been made in this country in regards to racial equality yet it's still the crutch we use to explain or excuse his nomination. What about merit? What about ability? The distinction of skin color is only a marketing ploy to play on stereotypes, fears, assumptions, and emotions that people associate with race and self-identity.
I dare say I HOPE he's as great as he promises to be.
Dems making history in a positive way -- but he's not "black". He's "mulatto". Doesn't have the same ring to it but he's just as "white" as he is "black".
Don't get me wrong, I'll be pulling the lever for Obama in November.
But I maintain that he isn't any more black than he is white. Leaps and bounds have been made in this country in regards to racial equality yet it's still the crutch we use to explain or excuse his nomination. What about merit? What about ability? The distinction of skin color is only a marketing ploy to play on stereotypes, fears, assumptions, and emotions that people associate with race and self-identity.
I dare say I HOPE he's as great as he promises to be.