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First Black president (view source)
Revision as of 16:44, November 19, 2008
, 16:44, November 19, 2008Before removing cited material, it seems like it would be good form to discuss on talk page. According to Dreams from My Father, Obama’s maternal great-grandmother Leona McCurry was part Cherokee
[[Barack Obama]], slated to be inaugurated on January 20, 2009, is bi-racial; his father was black, and his mother was white.
[[Barack Hussein Obama]], slated to be inaugurated on January 20, 2009, sought to be considered as a fellow black man by [[Mystery:Why Do Black Americans Vote For Liberal Candidates?|African American voters]]. For example, he awkwardly referred to black teenagers 30 years younger than him as "brothers", declaring that "brothers should pull up their pants."<ref>[http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalradar/2008/11/obama-to-mtv-br.html "Obama: 'Brothers Should Pull up Their Pants'".] Political Radar, ABC News Blogs</ref>
President elect Obama is multi-racial (Native American Cherokee, British, Irish, German, and Kenyan).<ref name="SundayTimes">Jorge, Rome (November 9, 2008) [http://www.manilatimes.net/national/2008/nov/09/yehey/weekend/20081109week1.html ''US President-elect Barack Hussein Obama 2nd''] The Sunday Times</ref>