Go down Moses, way down in Egypt land

[cyrano]

So Debra Dickerson is on the Colbert Report saying that since Barack Obama (blessed be his name, and also the name of his mother) is not descended from West African slaves brought to the United States, then he's not really Black. He's not really African-American, he's an African African-American.
From my position of White Privelege, I say this sounds like complete bullshit. But I'm also tired and cranky.

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[evilmagnus]

"Being from Africa" is not the same as being "African-American". ;p Ask the white guy at Brown who tried to join Africa House (he was born in Zimbabwe, lived in Africa for most of his life) but was refused because of his skin color. And because he wasn't descended from slaves.

Anyway. Moral of the story: what's with the racial cliques?

[cyranocyrano.livejournal.com]

I'm just hoping I don't have to own a pub or be a policeman or a priest in order to be Irish-American.

[evilmagnus]

You're a drunk, right? I think that's all you need. :-)