(January 29, 2012 at 12:34 pm)kılıç_mehmet Wrote:As i mentioned earlier, it just points to how pointless the idea of "race" really is.Quote:Well, technically, for the longest time in America, if a person had any black ancestry, even if they looked white, they were considered black.This makes little sense to me, but well...
Quote:The numbers were recieved through DNA testing. Race may not have any scientific basis, but it appears that specific ethnicities have some genetic markers.Quote:For what it's worth, over 58% of Black americans have as much (or more) white ancestry as Homer Plessy had black ancestry.Is it traceable? Well, not that it matters anymore, since from what I understand, the afro-americans now have their own communities and are a minority of their own right.
Most of them would probably not boast any heritage besides the ones they're aware of. However, Obama is quite aware that his mother is white*.
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