Reply #51: He has the right and STILL identifies himself as [View All]

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African American or Black. What you and others fail to recognize is that President Obama's circumstanaces are no different from any other AA and WERE HE NOT WHO HE IS, society would recognize him as being the SAME AA as the rest of us. MILLIONS of AA are not only Biracial but MULTI-RACIAL. I have the right to identify with FOUR different ethnicities, races and/or cultures. But guess what? In THIS country, I'm considered African American and thus I identify myself as such. ALL African Americans are MUTTS! GET IT? I doubt it.

edit to add: Dr. Gates probably has more 'white' lineage than Pres. Obama, judging by the fact that Gates is of a lighter complexion. Tiger Woods identifies himself as 'Caublasian,' Strom Thurmond has a daughter by a black woman, and the list goes on and on and on and on.