OBAMA is not AFRICAN AMERICAN so why are people acting like he is.None of his ancestors were slaves.His Dad Is Kenyan& His mom is white so he's a mulatto!!!?
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Kenya is in Africa. That makes Obama's ethnic heritage part-African. Most African Americans weren't actually born in Africa, their ancestors were. Nor do you need to have ancestors who were slaves to count as ''African'' or ''African American''. Just as you don't need to work in McDonald's to be considered an American.
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"Acting like he is"? How can anyone 'act like' someone is any ethnicity?
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As are lots of U.S. born African Americans. And, from my view of the world map, Kenya is actually in Africa. As far as we now know, his ancestors were not slaves. So, what's the problem. I'll bet all African Americans born in the US didn't all have slave ancestors either.
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Kenya is in Africa, his mom was from America, He is American, his ethnicity is African/American, or whatever his moms ethnic background is. maybe Irish for all we know!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! That's like saying I'm a NY American.
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Because racism and prejudice is not rational. Obama has about as much in common with the typical South-Central LA street urchin as I do with someone from Outer Mongolia. But because his skin color, facial features and hair fit certain stereotypes, people will see him as 'the same' as the aforementioned street urchin. . . .
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Okay in general the term african american is directly associated with black people whose ancestors were african slaves here in america, Not a nigerian , kenyan, ethiopian crossed with a white person. Martin luther king was black american, rosa parks was black american, harriet tubman was black american.
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you don't need ancestral slaves to be an african american. You just need a black/brown skin tone and your african american. African American term refers to people of certain physical characteristics.
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Ok and this matters why? I really don't care what color his skin is or who he is "acting like" I care about his views on foreign policy. I care about his views on abortion. I care about what he's going to do about education in this country. I care about what his track record on important issues is like. He can dress in yellow and call himself a banana for all I care.
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I really don't understand why so many people living in a country which probably has the most ethnically diverse population on the entire planet have so many issues with and so many questions about this issue. The man is seeking the highest political office in his country and the only important issue is whether or not he has the ability to successfully hold that office. I would be much more impressed with the political nous of you and your countrymen if you restricted yourself to important matters in your political debates, rather than ethnicity, whether pigs wear lipstick and whether a female candidate is "hot".
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More to the point, what the f*** difference does it make?
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He, like most african americans are from africa. People from Kenya are african. Most african americans have a mixture of everything in them.
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Let's see. Dad from Kenya, Mom from Kansas. Born in Honolulu. Yep. That's about as African-American as you can get. Buy a dictionary and use it before you become dangerous. My God. I've just read some of your comments. Unbelievable. Did you just lose your job at Auschwitz?
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He has said that is not that he considers himself to be of black or of white descent. It is very simple, he says that he has always been treated as a black man, mostly because he looks that way, so as he grew up, that is exactly what he felt like being. I don't think that people voted for him to be the next president of the U.S because of his skin color, however, in a country where segregation is unfortunately still a reality in some places, the fact that a man of his appearance was elected is a big deal! Now leave it alone and let the man do his job, it's not an easy job and people are still making a big deal out of the fact that he is black! He is the president, because he is the best person for the job. Period.
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If black people wanna be called African American I demand to be called German American!
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Besides the point that Kenya is in Africa, I have to say that I personally hate when people ask me, "What are you?" I say, I'm a homo sapien, what are you? On job applications, I state: "My ethnicity does not affect my ability to perform job related duties".
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Um...
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Hold on cowboy/tex. Obama is both African, and he is an American citizen. Therefore he is African American. Well, he's got a whole helluva lot more african in his genes than any other president we've ever had. And from what I can tell from the White supremacists here in Oregon and nearby- they don't seem to care that he's half. They'd still be willing to take out either half to get rid of him.
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his father is african muslim so he too african american muslim.
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I don't care if he is. I only care he does his job. :)
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