Tribe.net. Local Connections Le http://interracial.tribe.net/thread/debf2041-1da6-4597-9fb6-b16487d17fa9#c07007ef-bad1-4441-b453-31b9172cad09 2009-03-05T06:34:27Z 2009-03-05T06:34:27Z

Also, I think either Michelle or Barack's sister is married to an Asian man.

Le 2009-03-05T06:34:27Z patientzero http://interracial.tribe.net/thread/debf2041-1da6-4597-9fb6-b16487d17fa9#4a6011ae-8c02-4e5b-b081-354177edc16e 2009-01-09T14:34:13Z 2009-01-09T14:34:13Z

I hear you on that. At the end of the day, I find that black is a skin color and not a nationality or identity. Unfortunately, people have placed/received so much baggage with it that something apparently so concrete is often made more complicated by conflating identity and nationality with it. I often wonder if that influences people when addressing identity to use mixed elements (no pun intended) like 'black and French' instead of using each parent's country of origin. In the case of monocultural parental background, then the element of skin color could be effective. Mixing the two always seemed odd to me. Somewhat like saying water is 'liquid and oxygen' instead of 'hydrogen and oxygen'. Not quite perfect, but it's early! ;) Thanks for adding your post! Come around more often! :)

patientzero 2009-01-09T14:34:13Z Poontangle♂♥♀ http://interracial.tribe.net/thread/debf2041-1da6-4597-9fb6-b16487d17fa9#d51cac05-82e1-4ca0-b75e-e73ec7a872da 2009-01-08T21:35:58Z 2009-01-08T21:35:58Z

Black? Like many of us, Barak Obama is a mulatto mix of MANY races and nationalities. I think that is one of the most appealing things about him. I can understand how we are seen as "black" men. But we are more correctly, simply "not white". And it is about time for a "person of color", if that term is considered PC these days. To answer the question, for me anyway, only obliquely.

Poontangle♂♥♀ 2009-01-08T21:35:58Z patientzero http://interracial.tribe.net/thread/debf2041-1da6-4597-9fb6-b16487d17fa9#7394384e-5ee2-4896-bb22-bd8f73d30f71 2008-09-13T04:17:19Z 2008-09-13T04:17:19Z

Hey, Philip! How are you? That's a good question. Right now, if Obama makes it into the Oval Office, he would be shedding light on *everything* simply from the sheer fact of his existence! His prominence in the American forefront further defines and enriches the biracial and interracial experience in America. So, whether directly or indirectly, sure he will. I do hope that the media won't focus on it forever. :) I must say I do enjoy seeing him and his family together. He and Michelle are a power couple to top power couples. May the best team win! Take care!

patientzero 2008-09-13T04:17:19Z philip http://interracial.tribe.net/thread/debf2041-1da6-4597-9fb6-b16487d17fa9#926c89ef-7ff2-4387-9fc1-4fbc75876169 2008-09-12T19:13:15Z 2008-09-12T19:13:15Z

It's a good thing that we've got a a bold, upstanding man such as Obama campaigning hard for the seat of the Presidency, and I know that there's lots of us in here who would love nothing more than to see a Black U.S. President happen in our time. But here's a question: would it be folly to say that Obama's Presidency would do a lot more in shedding more bright light into the legitimacy of interracial marriages or not?

philip 2008-09-12T19:13:15Z