Sunday, 29 June 2008

Barack Obama is white - shock

Barack Obama's mother was white, so that makes him white, yes?

Or not - what is so amazing about African blood that one drop of it makes you black?

Actually, his father was a Kenyan moslem, so maybe he has Asian blood. (Indian/Bengali clerical workers emigrated to Kenya in Empire days to help run the government and local businesses). Hey, Obama is Asian!

Wait - a lot of British colonials married local women so a proportion of Indian middle classes have mixed parentage. Maybe Obama is ENGLISH! Like the majority of White Americans!

Does it matter? He's a top US lawyer and one of the brightest of his generation - so maybe he'll make a good President - whatever his genetic history.

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