jv103 on 05 November 2008
In all practical sense he's black. He's seen black in the United States therefore he's black. Trust me before he's every half-white, he's black. I would say technically you're right. Let's pretend for a moment that 'race' is actually about heritage of ethnicity, which I doubt as it's most likely skin color based on all the inaccuracies in groupings, then yes he's hafl black/cherokee etc. For all census intensive purposes he's black.
I don't think its just racists who would seem him as black, I think it's also the majority of America mainly because we tend to place people in races by their Skin color, shape of eyes, noses etc. Really trivial ways. It's sad but I would argue that he is still the first African American to win.
