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Friday, March 21, 2008 --- 126 days ago http://blog.washingtonpost.com/stumped/2008/03/obama_great_speech_wont_matter_1.
| [Need personal advice of a political nature? Or political advice of a personal nature? Send your question to Stumped. Questions may be edited.] Dear Stumped, I'm watching the American primaries from abroad, in Portugal. One thing that puzzles me is this: If Sen. Barack Obama's mother was white and his father was African, how come Sen. Obama is considered black instead of white, or mixed? Is the darker skin color so strong as to prevail in labeling people? Why? -- Nuno Gouveia Dear Nuno, First, let me say I have fond memories of Portugal, particularly the tranquil town of Evora, which in my book is the greatest place on earth to take a nap. Must be something in the air. Moving right along: Part of the answer is historical. There is something in America called the "one-drop rule," instituted mostly in the South after the Civil War, which holds that ... |
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