"Racializationism." My new word. Stand-by because I'm going to get controversial and blindingly obvious.
The picture at left is of Bob Barr, Libertarian politician and "caucasian" and on the right, Jeremiah Wright, minister of black liberation and Mr. Obama's former pastor. I'm having a hard time seeing any huge differences between the two and I've got plenty of folks in my family and bloodline that are about 5 shades deeper in skin tone (and they speak another language).
This whole racial identity thing is stupid and its time to move on.
As an old GOP hand from Georgia, who has campaigned against & with the Hon. Mr. Barr, I acan assure you that it is widely reported (& believed) that Mr Barr is "mixed".
FWIW
Posted by: Kevin+ | November 02, 2008 at 07:23 PM
Kevin,
I guess that's kind of my point. With such a melting pot as ours and with so many new ethnicities joining that melting pot, old racial categories are rapidly becoming meaningless except for those who profit from them.
Posted by: Garrett | November 03, 2008 at 01:34 AM
True enough!
Posted by: Kevin+ | November 03, 2008 at 11:55 AM