Ask a Black Man.....

[ronan the barbarian]

Obama is Black. Like me, if he didnt disclose his mother being white would you know?
I have many friends from different countries and they always tell me race issues are different everywhere. It all depends where your from. I dont think Race is that big an issue as it ONCE was. It still is but its far beyond the way things used to be. Some may not agree but a good friend of my who is a lawyer told me Lawsuites change everything. When govt lose money they have to change the way they do things. Maybe thats a reason maybe it is not. I duno. In my eyes all people are equal even if they dont know it!

you do talk a lot of sense,people have to change to make things better....

as for obama,sorry its blatent there is a dominent white gene in his bloodline...we joke all the time about which one of my mates is the lightest darkest!!!!!
colour means nothing.if you go out your way to be make yourself different you will be treated so.

my mrs just asked...how does your mother feel that your denying her heritage and input into the proud 'black' man you are today?

[vpchill]

you do talk a lot of sense,people have to change to make things better....

as for obama,sorry its blatent there is a dominent white gene in his bloodline...we joke all the time about which one of my mates is the lightest darkest!!!!!
colour means nothing.if you go out your way to be make yourself different you will be treated so.

my mrs just asked...how does your mother feel that your denying her heritage and input into the proud 'black' man you are today?

I am not denying anything. My Mother considers me black. As I said, If you saw me and 4 other black men you would not know anything about my mother. When police would come and do their sweeps, they dont yell out " hey hes cool his mother is white"!!! Im black just like everyone else. Lightskin means nothing as far as obama goes. No one would have known a thing about his mother had it not been public knowledge. Some black people didnt even know.
Any where I go Ronan, I am black. I divuldged the info that my mother was white. Yet you nor anyone else would know that unless I told you. As I said, Some people dont even believe she is white until she is in front of their faces. I can tell you how many looks I get when we are out in public and she referes to me as her son. Its very surprising to many.

Disclaimer - As for my Redneck comment, I know many rednecks who are NOT racist. My uncle was / is just a redneck asshole!!