Why does everyone call Obama "black"...that is no different than calling him "white"..right?

Question

he is just as white as he is black.....but you never hear anyone calling him white...for instance, yesterday a white man went to the naacp and told black men to start taking personal responsibility...that would go over like a lead balloon,..but it's actually true...at least as true that a black man did..

Answer 1

It gets more attention, if you say your Obama so what. If you say your Obama and a black on top of it. There is your answer. Big deal he beat a woman, now that's a joke. If that is the best the Democrat party has to offer that's pretty bad..

Answer 2

Easier to push the Marxist philsophy,as well as having a lapdog media at his disposal.He's above criticism.The satirical ad is working to his advantage.The pc culture we are in makes it a cakewalk for him.

Answer 3

For someone like Obama, black is a state of mind.  He can dial it up to meet his campaign needs. Shades of Slick Willie Clinton there.

Answer 4

Many "black" people in the United States also have white, Asian, or Indian ancestors.  

I think they are called "black" because of their skin color, even if this is not strictly correct if you go by ethnic origin.

Answer 5

You're kidding right?

He looks totally black not white.

If I wasn't told he had a white mom, I would think both his parents are black.

He shows no white in him that is visible

Answer 6

What does it matter?

Answer 7

150 years ago we would have been forced into slavery. That pretty much makes him black.

Why does it matter, though?  Why are you so consumed with race anyway?

Answer 8

Hes black only because his skin color, I have a foreign last name but because I have white skin and blue eyes people just assume I am a white guy there is no way I can argue I have white skin(my mom is white)

Answer 9

Double standards

Answer 10

Because he calls himself Black.  Does he LOOK White to you?  Most of us our a mix of ancestry.  Ethnicity is largely self determined.  A person of Scot, Italian and Irish ancestry will often choose ONE to identify with.  This is no different.