Culturally Obama may not be African American, a good portion of his formative years were spent outside the US. Then when he returned to the US, it was to Hawaii, not an African American cultural hotbed. By and large I'd say he's American much more than African American.
>Absolutely, and that is a crucial point. Your race is genetic, but your >culture is experiential. My wife, for instance, is Indian but was born and >raised in Virginia. Her parents gave her a good cultural foundation in her >Indian heritage, but she is culturally more American than Indian. > >Having said that, American black culture is insular and is informed by a >shared history of slavery, oppression, and the struggle for equality. What >makes Obama different than previous national leaders in the black community >is that while his experience may be informed by that shared history, his >message is not driven by it, but instead is driven by a desire to move >beyond the politics of race. He is just another American, like you or me, >and when he talks about his vision for the country, he is speaking to all >Americans, regardless of race, creed, or color. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;160198600;22374440;w Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:256265 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
