Wayne Eddy wrote: > > I am curious why Obama is being categorised as black? > Given that his father was black and his mother is white, surely he > is brown, or more to the point a person or an American? > > If he had three grandparents that were white, would he be black, > brown, gray, white or a person? > In Brazil, we would call him "mulato" - it's a highly racism term, that comes from "mule"; it's racist not because it's a reference to Cyrus The Great, but because it's not used for white/native or black/native mixes.
BTW, I imagine that Nostradamists are avidly seeking predictions about a mule reigning in the West... Alberto Monteiro _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
