In today's society its not uncommon for people of mixed race or 
nationality to declare themselves
of one or the other depending upon which may benefit them at the time. 
And this is especially
true if it gives them the ability to play the discrimination card. I've 
seen this first hand on
a number of different occasions. I'm not proposing that this is true in 
this case, however, it's
become known that one of the campaign strategies that has come-out which 
was used on a
number of occasions was when difficult questions were posed concerning 
proposals/etc. the
democrates would claim it was racists driven and would not answer. It 
was ironic that they even
terms Clinton a racist at one point....notice how he/Hilary seemed to 
disengage....

I do think its interesting that it was the Democratic folks that 
continually raised this as a
campaign issue. Does anyone recall any time when McCain or Palin raised 
this issue
as many times as Obama or others? And for most all people I visited with 
they were interested
in learning more about where Obama stood on issues and his background 
that may have influenced
his thinking. I personally could care less about one's color, it's what 
is your position on the
important issues and proposals...and whether they align with my views or 
not that will influence
my decision.

Technically, Obama, born from one white parent and one black parent, is 
defined as mulatto
according to Merriam-Webster::

Main Entry: mu·lat·to

Pronunciation: \mə-ˈla-(ˌ)tō, mu̇-, myu̇-, -ˈlä-\

Function: /noun/

Inflected Form(s): /plural/ mu·lat·toes /or/ mu·lat·tos

Etymology: Spanish /mulato,/ from /mulo/ mule, from Latin /mulus/

Date: 1593

1 *:* the first-generation offspring of a black person and a white person
2 *:* a person of mixed white and black ancestry

The Urban Dictionary further defines mulato as "Halfican American".

Regardless of all this....I think that by in-large, the press did the 
American people a
great injustice throughout this election cycle based upon the 
differences in how they
chose to report (or not report) information. I am also concerned about the
tactics that were used on Palin, Joe the plumber, some reporting news 
groups and
others in terms of working to discredit them because they had different 
views
instead of simply clarifying/defending the candidate's position. I'm 
concerned
how this might occur again....(shades of 'tricky Dick'...)


Brice Yokem wrote:
> On Thu, 6 Nov 2008 11:03:33 -0600, Mark Ranft <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> <SNIP>
>
>   
>> Someone said, "they voted for the black man"
>>
>> 1) Obama is not black.  He is of mixed race.  That would seem to make
>> it hard for anyone (even and maybe especially blacks) to vote for him
>> because of his race.  Obviously a lot of people voted for him on
>> another basis -- perhaps his Christianity.  (Or are you one of the
>> ones that thinks he is Muslim?   Even if he was (and he isn't),
>> shouldn't we support our right to freedom of religion.)  Or did he
>> get all the votes simply because everyone wants a change from the
>> Republican leadership we currently have in the White House?
>>
>>     
>
> <SNIP>
>
> Maybe you need to send a message to the mainstream media?
> They keep calling him an 'African-American', if that is not 'Black'
> then what, exactly, is the difference?   How much mixed racial
> blood do you need to have to be called 'Of Mixed Race?'
>
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