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**hjyAMqqT** · 03-14-2011, 06:20 AM

the average American won't make that distinction. his "black" side is from Kenya and his ancestors weren't slaves in America, so what? what does it matter? He claims his black side more, he's called himself black and has never called himself white. Everyone sees him as black and they voted for him even though he looked different.

That's the point, people see him as a "black" president rather than just a regular american president. the majority of americans aren't xenophobic (at least not publicly), but the majority acknowledge racial distinctions to some extent. It's not necessarily a bad thing, but I do find certain attitudes to be strange from my point of view.

03-14-2011, 06:20 AM	#32
hjyAMqqT Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 355 Senior Member	the average American won't make that distinction. his "black" side is from Kenya and his ancestors weren't slaves in America, so what? what does it matter? He claims his black side more, he's called himself black and has never called himself white. Everyone sees him as black and they voted for him even though he looked different. That's the point, people see him as a "black" president rather than just a regular american president. the majority of americans aren't xenophobic (at least not publicly), but the majority acknowledge racial distinctions to some extent. It's not necessarily a bad thing, but I do find certain attitudes to be strange from my point of view.
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