Just curious/Obama

[Mike]

Originally Posted by GPK

why is he labled as black?

I kind of agree with you here, I know what you're getting at. But, look at him and you'll have to admit, he looks like a black guy(in this country they're really brown, aren't they?)

Now, he is truly an African-American because his father was African and his mother was American. In this sense, a white South African coming here and having a child with a white woman,well the child would be an African-American wouldn't he?

I disagree with the labeling of the 99% of black people in this country being referred to a African-American just because ancient ancestors descended from Africa. My great great grandparents came from Ireland and Poland. Am I a Euro-American? Should we change all those ethnic choices on all the informational sheets we fill out from grade school on up?

And, yeah, I am a tad offended by having to check box "WHITE" when other ethnic backgrounds have choices like Hispanic, Native American Indian, etc

Let's just have it consistent across the board. If I have to choose "WHITE", then let's just list the other choices as "YELLOW",
"BROWN","BLUE-BLACK",and whatever else the best employees of Crayola Crayons come up with