President Obama: Black and more so

LA Times ^ | 3 Apr 2011 | Gregory Rodriguez

[mandaladon]

By checking 'black' as his race on the census form, President Obama is at odds with clear demographic trends toward multiracial pride. The number of Americans identifying as both white and black jumped 134% in 10 years. It could have been a historic teaching moment. Instead, President Obama, the most famous mixed-race person in the world, checked off only one race — black — last year on his census form. And in so doing, he missed an opportunity to articulate a more nuanced racial vision for the increasingly diverse country he heads.

The president also bucked a trend. Last month, the Census Bureau announced that the number of Americans who identified themselves as being of more than one race in 2010 grew about 32% over the last decade. The number of people who identified as both white and black jumped an astounding 134%. And nearly 50% more children were identified as multiracial on this census, making that category the fastest-growing youth demographic in the country.

To be sure, the number of people — 9 million, or 2.9% of the population — who identified themselves as of more than one race on their census form is still small. But the trend is clear.

It has been only since 2000 that the federal government allowed Americans to identify themselves as of more than one race, and the change was one more step away from the sordid days when racial mixing was frowned on and even criminalized in much of the country. The increase in the number of Americans who now identify as racially mixed suggests not only an increase in absolute numbers, but also that people are growing more comfortable with the idea of racial mixing.

[clyde260]

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Never saw that before, but I LOVE it!!!

[BobP]

He's half black.. half white.. that's not the issue.

It's all about his half-ass politics.

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Spot on VideoDoctor!

He lies about every detail that slithers out of his mouth. The form, substance, background, data, interpretation and meaning of every detail. He lies about his birth, his associates, his appointees, his policies, his activities, his thoughts, his family, everything. It's as if he can't speak a word without turning it into a dozen lies. Does anybody truly believe he has been a citizen from birth. Does anybody truly believe that he rejects the venom of Wright, Ayers, Jones, and hundreds of others, including his own spouse? Does anybody truly believe that he loves this country and wants the best for its people?

''There are no reports of Trump being on to me being a fraud and impostor. I never hoodwinked anyone. Trump should stop and think about how this is making him look. Please go back to your hotels and casinos and just relax a little. I'll tell you when the jig is up.''

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Hope and Change.... Tragic.

[NWFLConservative]

[clintonh8r]

Someone told me that the New Black Panthers are calling for Michelle Antoinette to leave Barry because she is authentically black and he isn’t. Anybody else hear this?

[twyn1]

He's half black.. half white.. that's not the issue. It's all about his half-ass politics.

Exactly

I have always checked "other", as have my kids. We are mostly Native (American) Indian and very proud of that, BUT also just as proud of the other aspects of our heritage. I wish their wasn't a forced choice and we were all just "American" (no hyphens required).

[roadcat]

He's half black.. half white.. that's not the issue.

I read somewhere that Barack Obama Senior was Arab. He was only partially black. It's in his birth history. So the prez is predominantly white, and almost half-Arab and only partially black. He's all mixed up.

[VideoDoctor]

we were all just "American"

That's what I've always thought.

"E pluribus unum" is Latin; it means "Out of many, one" (It is also sometimes translated as "From many, one", both translations are valid)

We're all in this TOGETHER.

[mirkwood]

[NonValueAdded]

Not only is he half-white, but that half is lily white, colonial white, D.A.R. (for his daughters) white, First Settlers of Newbury white, Founders & Patriots white.

[DuncanWaring]

“Halfrican”.

[Southbound]

My own ancestry, as far as I can determine, is Scottish, Irish, Welsh, English, Cherokee, and maybe horse thief and alley cat. There may be some Black, and some Teutonic in there, too. BTW, I don't hyphenate, either. Now, just who am I supposed to hate?

[NWFLConservative]

I haven’t heard that one in a while!

[Tennessee Nana]

I check Polynesian Islander if its a choice

I was born in New Zealand...

A country of islands in Polynesian...

[NoLibZone]

"By checking 'black' as his race on the census form, President Obama is at odds with clear demographic trends toward multiracial pride."

Obama opposes diversity.

[AEMILIUS PAULUS]

Freedman mentality.

[newzjunkey]

I never emulate white men and brown men whose fates didn't speak to my own.

He's a racist pig.

[HiTech RedNeck]

Part-Indians are often viewed as very cool. But again, they’re far more likely to be at peace with their personal situation than part-blacks, who have race baiting poverty pimps forever clamoring for their loyalty.

[HiTech RedNeck]

Would that he were truly “freed.” Why has he let poverty pimps dictate his world view?

[HiTech RedNeck]

More like “Octomaroon.”

[Noob1999]

..........................Instead, President Obama, the most famous mixed-race person in the world, checked off only one race — black —...........

That’s cool! He can identify himself as a Mars alien, and without his birth certificate, the moonbats will continue to bow at the annoited one’s alter!