CW, It's very simple. His father was African. His mother was American. This makes him African-American, in an even truer sense than blacks in America, most of whom are many generations removed from Africa.
On Jan 26, 7:05 am, Cold Water <[email protected]> wrote: > I have been struggling with the issue of Obama being called our first > African- American president. > > Is his white mother an "African-American" ? His Kenyan father an > "African-American" ? How exactly does a man born of a white mother to a > father with absolutely no American heritage whatsoever, somehow qualify as > the first "African-American" president? He has no "African-American" roots, > no generational claim to the harsh sacrifices made by that ethno-cultural > group. Nobody in his family tree worked in the cotton fields. None were > "strung up" just for being black. Nobody in his family tree was forced to > "sit in the back of the bus". None of his 'black' ancestors or relatives > have shed blood in America's wars. None have been subjected to generational > persecution via a 'legal system' designed to maximize the number of "African > Americans" rotting in American jails at any given time. > > Further, he certainly wasn't born in the Continental USA, and very likely > wasn't even born in Hawaii. He spent his formative growing years in > Indonesia. > > Help me out with this one mark. > > CW > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Ohio mark" <[email protected]> > To: "PoliticalForum" <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, January 26, 2009 06:52 > Subject: Re: berry's been in office for 5 days now, where are the miracles? > > well said. > > On Jan 26, 6:48 am, Cold Water <[email protected]> wrote: > > 350498384v0_350x350_Front.jpg > > 19KViewDownload- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
