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   Message 50,116 of 51,410   
   Lewis to Bradley K. Sperman   
   Re: Why is Obama black, not white?   
   09 Sep 16 07:47:42   
   
   XPost: triangle.motss, soc.motss, alt.politics.economics   
   From: g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies   
      
   In message <9ae753f72df91bc91633f343c3028dc0@dizum.com>   
     Bradley K. Sperman  wrote:   
   > Ed Morganroth, Jr.   
   > Plover, WI   
      
   > I have wondered since Mr. Obama broke onto the national scene   
   > why both he and the media have always characterized him racially   
   > as black and not as biracial or white.   
      
   For the same reason that Halle Berry, who is 75% White, is "Black".   
   Because anyone who looks in the least black is assumed to be black,   
   treated as black, discriminated against as black, and forced into "being   
   black".   
      
      
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