African American

I am so sick of hearing about Obama's race. Who the h*ll cares what race and what color of skin he has!!? Is this the only reason why people like him? Sure seems that way to me. ARRRRGGGG!!! I'm not trying to be rude to you or belittle your discussion or anything. I am just stating how I feel.

When people refer to someone as an African American they usually refer to someone who is descended from the Negro slaves brought over from the west coast of AFrica. They do not think of African American if your father came from Africa. They would consider him a Kenyan=American or whatever tribe Obama's father was ====American, just as they would consider someone Irish American. Besides Obama does not have any American Indian blood in him, as most of the descendants of the African slaves do. The same is they do not consider Obama Black because he is half Kenyan African and half white.

I have always thought of the words African American as meaning, that your ancestors are from Africa but you were born in America. He i bi-racial. He has a parent born in Kenya and a mother born in, I believe, Indiana. In general terms, he is biracial. In more specific terms, you can call him African American but his ancestry is a more then just African. I am not sure why blacks are called African American or Afro-American. I am an American. My Ancesters were German, Scottish, Irish. Thank God nobody has to call me a German-Scottish-Irish American. I mean that fact is not obvious but unless we are dealing with ancestry topics, I don't need to say it. Nobody needs to go around saying what they are. If we were born here, we are American. Isn't that enough?

u go girl. people are so silly. what the heck do they think he is???

Or, do it the right way - this is America He is a American African And the President of the United States of America (which means - put us first)

You made a good point. I never thought of it that way but I also never said he wasn't african american. I have said that he isn't all black though. He's white and black.

Yep, thats exactly right. I wish him the best and truly hope he turns out to be a great President.

I don't care if he was a Irish American, German American, or anything for that matter. In my opinion, he's an American because he was born in Hawaii. I'm glad that he has moved in, and Bush has moved out. May this be a better four years.

Thanks for clarifying this for everyone. He truly is an African American. I do not know why people are questioning it.