Posted on 11/24/2010 7:41:01 PM PST by fightinJAG
Why is President Barack Obama the son of a white mother from Kansas and a black father from Kenya considered a black man?
While historic, social, political and more sinister factors almost certainly influence the prevailing view of the presidents race, a new study co-authored by a University of California, Davis, researcher has found that a basic learning pattern also is involved.
People learn about new things such as diseases, dogs or cars by noting attributes that distinguish them from the same types of things that they already know, past research has shown.
The new study by UC Davis psychology professor Jeffrey Sherman and two colleagues demonstrated for the first time that the same basic learning pattern also applies when people place others into ethnic categories based on facial characteristics.
Features that are more typical of minority group members draw more attention, Sherman explained. So, when someone has a mixture of features, the minority features are the ones that we tend to grab onto. We pay more attention to them and they are used more heavily in our judgments. They influence us to a greater degree.
Well if Obamas not black that’s one hell of a tan he’s got.
Because black is dominant in obama’s world.
Calling white people racist, might have something to do with it.
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LOL! Yep! :)
the dude’s skin is black. if it was white he’d be called white. pretty obvious. this has nothing to do with jaw line.
Max tellin' it like it is. This is one reason I always enjoy your posts. Pithy and to the point.
What a great gig, ehhhh? I WANT THAT GIG !!! /laughs ...... what in heck am I doing working 9 to 5 every day busting my butt when I could be getting some gub'mint grant $$$ figuring out stuff which is common sense to anyone who is normal ... GEEEZ !!! /chuckle
Gonna write a proposal to the Gub'mint Grant Administration: "The ummmm Sun rises in the East, right?? OK, now that we got that over with ... it ummmm uhhhhhh well, sets in the West too"
There. Now then, where is my Gub'mint grant money ????
I know you do sweetheart. Your chillin’ in Sta. Barb while I have to drive through homo-ville just to get to Venice Beach.
Now that's the study I'd like to see done.
In Louisiana the rule was 1/4 and you were listed as Negro.
I consider Obama to be a white person.
Is that racist?
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