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PsychGrad

(239 posts)
5. It bothers me that so many people...
Sat Mar 7, 2015, 09:22 PM
Mar 2015

refer to our President as simply "black". He is not black, he is not white, he is biracial. Biracial people in this country have had an even harder go than those of either race at times - and to not acknowledge this important part of our President's racial identity is a disservice to him and to all the other biracial Americans today. It's important to remember that this identity is an even smaller percentage of our minority population than if he was 100% black. I am ready for a woman president and a black president - but this president is biracial. Stop allowing white America that whole "one drop of blood" bullshit by not recognizing this, please.

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It bothers me that so many people... PsychGrad Mar 2015 #5
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