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It's official: Obama is black.
2010-04-03, 3:16 AM #1
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/36157764/ns/politics-white_house/
2010-04-03, 3:23 AM #2
I've told my wife (who's also Russian) about these shocking American news. She said, "What are they, ****ing nuts?"
幻術
2010-04-03, 3:29 AM #3
****ing nuts for supposedly doubting his blackness to begin with? Or ****ing nuts for even caring about it either way?
2010-04-03, 3:30 AM #4
Hm, his mother is American and his father is African.
2010-04-03, 4:22 AM #5
Originally posted by Dash_rendar:
Or ****ing nuts for even caring about it either way?


****ing nuts for caring. But even if you would, it's a little too late for that now, innit?
幻術
2010-04-03, 10:06 AM #6
Oh my god, here come the rants about how he obviously doesn't relate to white people.
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2010-04-03, 10:11 AM #7
... who the hell cares?
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2010-04-03, 10:27 AM #8
If I knew he was black I wouldn't have voted for him.
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2010-04-03, 11:10 AM #9
I know he wasn't born here, I can deal with that. But now he's ****ing black? Ugh.
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2010-04-03, 11:16 AM #10
wait he's officially black because he says he's black?

so if i claim to be the president does it make it official that i am the president? and also black?
eat right, exercise, die anyway
2010-04-03, 11:16 AM #11
Why is race on the census form, anyways?
2010-04-03, 11:17 AM #12
Originally posted by Anakin9012:
Why is race on the census form, anyways?


so we can keep tabs on the darkies
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2010-04-03, 11:22 AM #13
Because it's socially relevant information to have?

People that say they "don't see color" are naive and lying to themselves.
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2010-04-03, 11:30 AM #14
I think it's used for the purpose of drawing up districts made of one race, religion, or income to elect candidates for one party.

I'll admit I can see skin color, but to me it's no different from hair color or eye color.
2010-04-03, 11:45 AM #15
Originally posted by Emon:
People that say they "don't see color" are naive and lying to themselves.


I think you just insulted all blind people.
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2010-04-03, 11:49 AM #16
Your eyes can deceive you. Don't trust them.
2010-04-03, 12:50 PM #17
What I don't get is why there is ONE question on the census asking about latin americans, and then the very next question asks about your race. Shouldn't that just be the one question?
Warhead[97]
2010-04-03, 1:39 PM #18
That would depend on what the Latin American question is. I'd imagine that that under race it'd list "Hispanic", which would also include Spain, Portugal etc.
nope.
2010-04-03, 1:59 PM #19
the latin american question is no, mexican, puerto rican, cuban, or other (with a box to write the "other" in)

though those options could have been lumped in with the rest of the race options
eat right, exercise, die anyway
2010-04-03, 2:00 PM #20
Question 8:
Is Person 1 of Hispanic, Latino, or Spanish origin?
No.
Yes, Mexican, Mexican Am., or Chicano
Yes, Puerto Rican
Yes, Cuban
Yes, another hispanic, latino, or spanish origin (argentinian, colombian, dominican, nicaraguan, salvadoran, spaniard, so on)
----------------------------
Question 9:
What is Person 1's race?
White
Black, African Am., or Negro
American Indian or Alaska Native
Asian Indian
Chinese
Filipino
Japanese
Korean
Vietnamese
Other Asian
Native Hawaiian
Guamanian or Chamorro
Samoan
Other Pacific Islander
Some other race
--------------------

Gerrymandering, I tell you! Gerrymandering! :tinfoil:
Warhead[97]
2010-04-03, 2:03 PM #21
Originally posted by BobTheMasher:
Question 8:
Is Person 1 of Hispanic, Latino, or Spanish origin?
No.
Yes, Mexican, Mexican Am., or Chicano
Yes, Puerto Rican
Yes, Cuban
Yes, another hispanic, latino, or spanish origin (argentinian, colombian, dominican, nicaraguan, salvadoran, spaniard, so on)
----------------------------
Question 9:
What is Person 1's race?
White
Black, African Am., or Negro
American Indian or Alaska Native
Asian Indian
Chinese
Filipino
Japanese
Korean
Vietnamese
Other Asian
Native Hawaiian
Guamanian or Chamorro
Samoan
Other Pacific Islander
Some other race
--------------------

Gerrymandering, I tell you! Gerrymandering! :tinfoil:


You could answer Cuban for question 8, then answer Vietnamese for question 9 to confuse them.

Also:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florida%27s_3rd_congressional_district
2010-04-03, 2:06 PM #22
how would it confuse them... it's possible for someone to be a vietnamese/cuban
eat right, exercise, die anyway
2010-04-03, 2:08 PM #23
But wouldn't someone usually select biracial if that's the case?

I'm confusing myself now. Forget this discussion happened.
2010-04-03, 2:11 PM #24
There is no biracial option. You just put all the races you identify with. For example, I put "white" (which is retarded considering all the nitpicking about asian and hispanic races) and american indian, writing in Cherokee.

PS: Why the huge deal with every possible different kind of non-white race, but anybody who is white is just "white"? Why no "Other caucasian race (German, Scandinavian, Italian, Eastern European, etc)" type options?
Warhead[97]
2010-04-03, 4:25 PM #25
indeed, expecialy since there is enough diferance between them to make it like the differances between people of differant asain nationalities.

Hell, why is there only one option for black, as many people that are black but not of african decent (or are, but were not born in america) probably don't like having to refer to themselves as african american.
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2010-04-03, 5:43 PM #26
Why no English option?

We were here second!
2010-04-03, 7:35 PM #27
Originally posted by Anakin9012:
Why no English option?

We were here second!


no...

the vikings have the english beat by some time
eat right, exercise, die anyway
2010-04-03, 7:59 PM #28
That was in Canada.

EDIT: Actually the Spanish beat everyone else in establishing a colony. Still, we were here third.
2010-04-03, 9:37 PM #29
Thanks to this thread I know something I already knew :)
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2010-04-04, 10:55 PM #30
The fact that this is news makes me very sad for America.
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2010-04-05, 6:23 PM #31
Originally posted by Emon:
People that say they "don't see color" are naive and lying to themselves.


Go screw yourself with you all up in here with your Colbert-hating.
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2010-04-05, 6:38 PM #32
Originally posted by Deadman:
The fact that this is news makes me very sad for America.


Yeah, if only we all lived in post-racial societies like Europe, Canada and Australia. :v:
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2010-04-05, 7:05 PM #33
Originally posted by Anakin9012:
That was in Canada.


orly?
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2010-04-05, 7:06 PM #34
He's back!? So SOON!?
2010-04-05, 7:07 PM #35
Originally posted by Anakin9012:
You could answer Cuban for question 8, then answer Vietnamese for question 9 to confuse them.

Also:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florida%27s_3rd_congressional_district


That's pretty bad but check out this gem:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:IL04_109.gif
2010-04-05, 7:11 PM #36
Originally posted by Deadman:
The fact that this is news makes me very sad for America.

This is America. The news doesn't matter. If people will read it, and get their advertisers more exposure = more money. It's all about the money not the content or quality.
"Nulla tenaci invia est via"
2010-04-06, 9:01 AM #37
i dont even get why this is a big deal. the reality is, that if you are mixed you are considered black by the majority of people. it is kind of a sadly humurous article though.

i think i will put latin/italian on the census since i am largely italian and they were the origional "latin" peoples..
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2010-04-06, 9:23 AM #38
Originally posted by Michael MacFarlane:
Yeah, if only we all lived in post-racial societies like Europe, Canada and Australia. :v:

its nothing to do with racism, its to do with the fact that somehow obama listing himself as black on the census is supposed to be news.

Pets doing cute things are more goddamn newsworthy than this.
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2010-04-06, 9:32 AM #39
This just in! The color green, is GREEN!
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2010-04-06, 12:48 PM #40
Originally posted by BobTheMasher:
PS: Why the huge deal with every possible different kind of non-white race, but anybody who is white is just "white"? Why no "Other caucasian race (German, Scandinavian, Italian, Eastern European, etc)" type options?

Racism.

Seriously, I think it's a throwback to days when white was white, but anything else needed to be catagorized to determine where you fit in society.
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