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He's half black American. I don't understand how people with one white parent and one black parent, who were born in the US are considered African Americans. It's like when Halle Berry won an Oscar, and everybody made a big deal about how she was the "first African American woman" to win one. As far as I know, the first African American woman to win an Oscar was Charlize Theron because she's actually from South Africa.
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African American is a PC term instead of black. It doesn't make sense, I mean what if they were black and lived in Canada? But you're right, you can't say Jamaicans are African Americans either. Weren't there people complaining that Obama isn't black enough?
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Why should you being a woman, or a black woman make a difference at all? Why not just listen to all the candidates, and pick the person who you think will be best suited for the job?
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You're assuming that people follow politics, make intelligent decisions, and choose candidates based on their credentials. I think a good portion of voters vote because they should go, but they go with an uninformed vote. You might say that is better than not voting at all, but democracy is a joke if that's how people cast that vote.
How many people out there will not vote for a person simply because they are black or female? Bush got elected by people who simply think he's a "good Christian man" which is great, but good Christians don't necessarily make good Presidents. (that was just an example from an interview I saw - not implying that everyone who voted for Bush is that ignorant)
Jam it back in, in the dark.
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