Why do americans say Obama is black?

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Kasz216 said:

mrstickball said:
So where is the current institutionalized racism in the US?

@Farmland - I'm not trying to argue that any racism in the US is acceptable. I just don't think its fair to bash the US for racism when there isn't a country nearly as large as us with the amount of minorities in our country.

I would have to guess he means Affirmitive Action... because it's MUCH less racist to pretend races don't exist and that racism doesn't exist even though there are 30%+ percentage point difference between races. (France.)

Europe isn't less racist.  Just more willing to cover their eyes and pretend they are less racist.

Yes, I'm talking about Affirmitive Action, which is institutionalized racism. Benefits given to some people because just because of their race is pure racism (benefits to minorities too).

I have heard of people that systematically abuse it by saying their part of a minority, even though they're only like 25% black or latino. They don't give those benefits to the ones who probably deserve more, regardless of race.

The truth is, Affirmitive Action is racist, giving benefits to those who probably have not even been hurt by whatever the US government did dozens of years ago.

How fair is that a recently US-nationalized minority immigrant can get a job over a better-qualified, poor, white person?

How fair is that universities have to reject applications from white students, because they are forced to accept students from minorities (some of which under-qualified)?

How fair is that companies have to turn down employees for being white, in order to fill their minority quota imposed by the government?

Europe is definitely less racist than the US. Here's a thought, how about give the benefits to the better man, whichever the race? That seems to work here.