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Old 01-20-2009, 01:50 PM   #17
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Technically, Obama's bi-racial, although blacks identify with him as one of their own. His mom was white.
Absolutely right. But, turn on the news and "today is a historic as the first African-American President is inaugurated."

While an educated person like many on this board understand the difference, I highly doubt someone that dislikes Obama for being black would say "oh, since he has some white in him, I guess he's ok."

Hell, my roommate's girlfriend said to me just a few weeks ago "well, Obama *is* a Muslim so I can see why some people are upset." Even in this day of the internet, some people's blatant ignorance is astounding to me.
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