(September 10, 2012 at 10:22 pm)Puddleglum Wrote: 3) You are using Brit terms. Obama is seen as BLACK in the Political world. Black politics uses a 'one drop rule' This is the 'Black 'man Benjamin Jealous who is the head of the NAACP http://scottystarnes.files.wordpress.com...square.jpg. There is no 'Mixed race as you have in the UK when it comes to blackness.
Actually, there's a lot more nuance than in the American black community than you are giving credit here. There is a huge divide between blacks (I'm using this term because using African-Americans would be confusing) and naturalized Africans. Africans aren't necessarily accepted into the fold simply because of their shared skin color. I would argue that Obama became accepted by the black community because he married a black woman, not a naturalized African or white one.