Barack Obama is Half-black Too!

As most people know, Barack Obama was elected president last November and assumed the presidency on January 20th, 2009. Like many white Americans, I watched on with humility and pride as Barack became the 44th consecutive president who was at least 50% white. Though I can’t help but thinking that we as a people have finally arrived, a piece of interesting information is being glossed over by the media. Barack Obama is half-black. With all the talk of how his mother was a white lady from Kansas and how he was brought up around his white grandparents, the fact that his dad was Kenyan has been omitted from the story time and time again. I’m not saying that we as white Americans should not feel a certain degree of pride for the election of Barack. We definitely should. But we should always remember that Barack is not just the 44th consecutive president who is at least 50% white, he’s also the first president who is 50% black. That’s kind of important too.