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I would like to ask Mr. Shapiro, his fellow journalists and all the people who read and comment in this space the following question:
I have had African American office colleagues that looked as white as any Caucasian. They were proud of their African heritage and did not hide it. If Barak Obama looked white instead of black, with the very same genetic background of black father, white mother, would we be having these time wasting discussions? I tend to think not. I tend to think the issues facing the American people in their daily lives would dominate today’s headlines.
Not to denigrate the black side of the human equation, but why do we call a half-white, half-black American, a black American when he is also a white American? Isn't he simply an American? Some day Americans of all colors will have to sit down and openly discuss why white somehow becomes tarnished or stained when mixed with another color. Ours is not a black and white world. It's an artist's palette of multihued people.
If indeed we are being looked over by visiting UFOs, it’s no wonder they are not ready to make contact with such bellicose primitive thinkers.
