[lbo-talk] Why is Obama never identified as a mulatto?

// ravi ravi at platosbeard.org
Wed Mar 14 12:20:29 PDT 2012


On Mar 14, 2012, at 2:41 PM, ken hanly wrote:
> Better I should have asked: Why is Obama identified as an African American rather than of mixed ancestry or something of the sort.

One reason might be that that’s his self-identification. He put himself down as African-American in the census.

—ravi



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