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Is Obama a black man with a white mom, or a white man with a black dad?
By Berkeley Breathed

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  • Sunday, April 27, 2008 08:38 AM

    obama's racial makeup

    According to American standards, which are different from Latin American standards, even different from Nazi standards, the slightest drop of black blood pollutes forever. Obama is black, therefore.

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