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Black vs. "black"
Barack Obama is black -- he just isn't "black." And if his candidacy helps take the quotation marks off race in America, it's a good thing.
By Gary Kamiya [2007-01-23]

  • Thank God Somebody said it

    Man, I thought I was the only one! I was also raised in a mixed-race family that didn't insist on my race being a central cornerstone of my identity. But sometimes I have felt pigeon-holded as someone who is 'dodging the truth' about his race. But for me, there's no truth to dodge. Genetically, I'm an Irish-Scottish-French-Indian. That's real, and that's fine. But as T.R. Knight recently said, I hope that's not the most important thing about me.

    I love this essay, and I applaud the care and courage it took to write.

    -- moondogger
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    Monday, January 22, 2007 10:25 PM
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