Some Great Pictures of Obama

[MartinLiss]

Great pictures from all over the world.
As you all may know, Obama is the 44th president and one of the comments that follow the pictures points out that Jackie Robinson (who broke the color-barrier in baseball) wore the number 44.

[homer13j]

Here's a great picture of Hugo Chavez.



Wake me when you get photos of Obama dressed as a pirate.

[EntityX]

It's interesting that people say that Obama is black. One of his parents was black and one was white. Since you can say he's black because one of his parents was black by the same token you could also say that he's white because one of his parents was white.

It's the same for Halle Berry. Her father was black and her mother white but everyone says she's black which is fine with me.

[MaximilianMayrhofer]

Ah well. What a historic day.

[MartinLiss]

It's interesting that people say that Obama is black. One of his parents was black and one was white. Since you can say he's black because one of his parents was black by the same token you could also say that he's white because one of his parents was white.

It's the same for Halle Berry. Her father was black and her mother white but everyone says she's black which is fine with me.

That's unfortunately ingrained in American culture because blacks were (hopefully were) seen as inferior. I don't know if it's unique to the US but I do know that some other cultures use words like mulatto.