by Candie North
I read an article today that declared President Obama was in fact, not an African American.
For starters, I think all the racial labels are asinine. In my opinion, such labels serve no real value but to divide people. That said, I concur with the author's position. President Obama is certainly not African American by life experience. Granted, he is an American with African ancestry like the rest of us but he does not derive from previously enslaved ancestry. He was not even raise by his African father or family. Obama grew up in Indonesia and Hawaii. It is natural that he identifies more closely with people of these origins than he does with African Americans. Furthermore, Obama was raised by two white women and a white man.
What could Barack Obama possibly know what the plight of former slaves. Not a damn thing and he lets you know it. Obama said he's for all people. He was naive enough to believe that he was going to charm the pants off Republicans and they would come to see his point of view. It is no mistake that President Obama is of the Leo horoscope family. It is believed that these people love praise, are charming and unrealistically idealistic.
