There are times when the media gets stuck on a meme and just keeps repeating what's an obviously stupid question. The question becomes part of conventional wisdom and no one ever questions why it's asked.
"Is Barack Obama 'black enough'?" is one of those questions. There are a whole pile of unfounded assumptions attached to it; that black people will only vote for black candidates or will automatically vote for black candidates is one. That those voters carefully put the candidate to a rigorous biographical test, comparing him or her to some unknown measurement of racial purity. Does Obama's white mother disqualify him as a 'black candidate?'
Yes, there probably are people out there who'll vote for Obama simply because he's black, just like there are some who will automatically rule him out for the same reason. There may be some that look at him, see a biracial man, and won't vote at all. But I think we can look at history and conclude that none of these groups has ever thrown an election...
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Monday, February 19, 2007
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