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Troy

You are equating Black primarily with skin color, with no real relationship to culture.

Exactly

Still, it is not clear given your definition why Obama is not Black. He is basically the same complexion as I am; am I not Black?

I've seen only limited picturesof you but you don't look Obama's complexion to me.Obama is a light brown complexion and you seem to be medium brown.

Also, his features are different than yours.His lips are thinner and his head is more "angular"....larger dome with a smaller jaw line...like most Europeans.

Like most AfroAmericans I'm sure you're mixed with White and Native American ancestry from way back, but sinceyour African features dominate I consider you Black.You don't have to be 100% just to be of a certain race, just be predominant in those traits.

But Obama's African features don't "dominate".....he's pretty even between both races phenotypically speaking.

Look Troy, the thing we must keep in mind is the fact that while Obama is DIRECTLY mixed....meaing one of his parents is actually White....many so-called "Black" people in the United States are INDIRECTLY mixed. Meaning they have a lot of White (and Native American) ancestry and it comes out in their complexion and facial features just like his does.

So when you point to another AfroAmericans and say:"Well THEY are Black andObama looks like THEM so Obama must be Black too!"

Really, all you're doing is comparing 2 mixed raced people!NEITHER ONE is truly"Black" racially speaking but the only difference is one has an immediateWhite parent and the other has Whites ancestorsfurtherback.

Which leads me to my NEXT response....................

My mother and sister are much lighter than Obama, are they also not Black? Let me know

I don't know, I would have to look at them to make that judgment.As I said before, although complexion/skin color is one of the BIGGEST factors in determining race, it's not the ONLY one....other features go into it.

There are groups of Africans in southern Africa known as San and Khoi people who are YELLOW in complexion with slanted eyes but are still "Black" racially speaking.

Speaking of southern Africa.........

If you're sitting back shaking your head and laughing at what I'm saying -Just remember that in South Africa you have millions of people just like us here in the United States but unlike us they all don't consider themselves "Black".

One group calls themselves Black and the other call themselves "Colored".Now the Coloreds look just like many AfroAmericans, light skinned with curly hair and some European features but they don't consider themselves Black!

So don't trip or think it's so ridiculous at my suggesting that many fellow AfroAmericans like Beyonce or Al B Sure or even Prince shouldn't be considered "Black",if this were any other nation besides the United States....trust me they probably wouldn't consider THEMSELVES Black either!

See the original post here:
what does it mean to be black - Culture, Race & Economy ...

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