Well, to use the extra wordcount language of the ethnic studies crowd--she is not a descendant of any person who had been enslaved in America.
She is an American whose parents immigrated here from two different parts of the world, and via her father she is of both enslaved and enslaver descent.
But a black woman she is not. Just as Barack Obama is not a black man. They are mixed-race Americans.
Well, to use the extra wordcount language of the ethnic studies crowd--she is not a descendant of any person who had been enslaved in America.
She is an American whose parents immigrated here from two different parts of the world, and via her father she is of both enslaved and enslaver descent.
But a black woman she is not. Just as Barack Obama is not a black man. They are mixed-race Americans.
I was thinking about that same thing. It seems like Obama was easily accepted as black. Maybe because he identified himself as black, was active in the black community, and married a black American woman? Did those things give him more cred? He was definitely raised by a white family, and if you believe in white privilege, he had it.
In my view these are two people with no inner selves. In early adulthood they decided to market themselves as American blacks which they are not. They recognized the status that would give them with a certain type of white liberal who is too stupid to know that not all American black people are obliged to speak with a certain dialect cadence and vocabulary. See: Condoleeza Rice, southern girl, who does not need to performatize vocal mannerisms.
It is sad to be so empty. Political power and money have not filled these two up.
Well, to use the extra wordcount language of the ethnic studies crowd--she is not a descendant of any person who had been enslaved in America.
She is an American whose parents immigrated here from two different parts of the world, and via her father she is of both enslaved and enslaver descent.
But a black woman she is not. Just as Barack Obama is not a black man. They are mixed-race Americans.
I was thinking about that same thing. It seems like Obama was easily accepted as black. Maybe because he identified himself as black, was active in the black community, and married a black American woman? Did those things give him more cred? He was definitely raised by a white family, and if you believe in white privilege, he had it.
In my view these are two people with no inner selves. In early adulthood they decided to market themselves as American blacks which they are not. They recognized the status that would give them with a certain type of white liberal who is too stupid to know that not all American black people are obliged to speak with a certain dialect cadence and vocabulary. See: Condoleeza Rice, southern girl, who does not need to performatize vocal mannerisms.
It is sad to be so empty. Political power and money have not filled these two up.
Will the real Slim Shady please stand up?
We're gonna have a problem, here.......
It is not a matter of what is true that counts, but a matter of what is perceived to be true.
Henry A. Kissinger
Well, he married a black American. Woman?
KUDOS! SPOT ON! Be sincere; be brief; be seated.
Franklin D. Roosevelt