It’s official: Obama is black

[trumad]

Man---if I would have have known that------

He may be the world's foremost mixed-race leader, but when it came to the official government head count, President Barack Obama gave only one answer to the question about his ethnic background: African-American.

The White House confirmed Friday that Obama did not check multiple boxes on his U.S. Census form, or choose the option that allows him to elaborate on his racial heritage. He ticked the box that says "Black, African Am., or Negro."
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/36157764/ns/politics-white_house/

[RC]

1. He ashamed of his Irish heritage?

[Syrinx]

2. Republicans are gonna nail him on a perjury rap now

[ixion]

3. queue: "I'm Black" from the musical Hair

:+

[polichick]

4. Seems more accurate to check both boxes, since there isn't one...

...for biracial - but maybe accuracy isn't as important as self-identification re the census.

[old mark]

5. The census form seems to be about how one sees one's self, not

about strict categorization. I think it is the best way to do it if you are going to do it at all.

mark

[stray cat]

6. It clear that Obama considers himself black, rather than mixed which was another choice