For black Americans, multi-racialism is not new

"It is commendable that Obama's prominence has inspired a renewed public interest and sense of pride in multi-racialism and, hopefully, a more appropriate set of words to describe it -- like beautiful. But new? Hardly." Is it suspicious!! white people want to claim obama in a way they have never wanted to claim their own mixed heritage cousins and countrymen. I never thought I would live to see the day when America calls a brownskin man with an afro white. and beautifu?l? that's just plain stupid! multi raced people don't need to be exotised. sounds like something a white liberal would say.

As a living, breathing witness to the facts of this article, in my opinion, this is the best article Sitafa has written yet! Pushed every last one of my buttons. Thank you, young writer, for stating so eloquently facts that have been so much in evidence for, how long? -- so long.

I think the writer is being far too simplistic. When most people talk of being “multiracial” it is not only a matter of biology. If it were, then the writer could have just as easily said, what’s new, all humans are multiracial. Being multiracial is just as much if not more about one’s experiences. Certainly that Obama was raised exclusively by a parent and grandparents who are socially identified as white speaks to this. If Obama’s father had been in his life, the fact that he was Kenyan – removed from the black American experience – would have added another twist to this. Having said all this, if folks – regardless of how their parents socially identify – want to adopt a multiracial identity based solely their multiracial ancestry, that’s their business. Or if folks who are multiracial in ancestry and experiences want to adopt a single traditional racial identity (as Obama has done), again, that’s their business.

One thing that brings a huge GRIN to my face everytime I see Obama

...is that he has "God's Hair" (the nappy hair; the PROOF) on his head.

THAT makes me extremely proud and it really touches me every time.

He's my favorite person. I could care less what he's mixed with (and of course you already know that I don't consider him just 'black'). But who cares?

I feel an AFFINITY for his hair, though.

It's the one Unique thing that makes the Black Man special. Without that....

i feel that every one in america is multi raced so whats the difference between whites dating black then italians marrying french its all the same.....when you mix people the only thing different is you never know how the kid will turn out but who cares if you whote black purple or pink as long as you human

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