Why do americans say Obama is black?

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shio said:

mrstickball said:
I don't get why Europeans are trying to argue racism and hate in America.

I'd argue that we are far less racist than Europeans, given the amount of cultures our country has. Most European countries have a very small ethnic minority, which would allow them to leave less impeded, whereas in the US, you have a significant number of minorities in black and hispanics, which would tend to cause far greater issues, yet we've largely dealt with them.

Call me back when Europe has a country that has 30% of its citizens in a minority group. Until that happens, all arguments are pretty irrelevant...For the amount of minorities Europe has, there is a lot of strife.

Considering USA still has institutionalized racism, I seriously doubt you're right.

QUOTE OF THE YEAR

@shio, NJ5

how do you consider portugese people versus spanish in term of overall "racism" ?

I do believe spanish people (and italian) are more racist than french (it is pretty garanted to me)
BUT I have a problem to "rate" the portugese people despite being a country so close to spain.

French that come from portugal from their parents can be racist and try to stay between "them". But they are not real portugese.

The portugese (true one) I know and I have worked with are VERY open minded but they are absolutely non representative since they have made a lot of study and speak several language.

but what about the portugese in portugal ?