Is Barack Obama white

Answer 1

Barack Obama is half-white. He is also half-black, too. His mother was white and his father was black. These days, such a person is called "biracial." But when Mr. Obama was born, if you had any black ancestry at all, you were considered black by the culture.

Answer 2

Barack Obama was born to a white American mother and a black African father. He was thus biracial, coming from a mixed-race heritage. Society, rightly or wrongly, has historically identified biracial (black-white) children as black. This goes back to the old segregationist laws of several hundred years ago, when even one drop of "negro" blood relegated you to a lesser status in society; light-skinned blacks would therefore try to "pass" for white so that they would be treated better and become eligible for better schools and careers. These days, there are more mixed-race couples (inter-racial marriages were illegal in some states until the mid 1960s), so there are more biracial children being born. Mr. Obama has never denied the white side of his family-- in fact, it was his white grandparents who raised him. But because he has African-American features, the culture continues to regard him as black.

Answer 3

He is not completely white nor is he completely black, but Barack Obama is half white, half black. His mother was of European ancestry and his father of African ancestry.

Answer 4

Yes, his mother was white and father black.I don't get all the fuss about him being African -American. Stupid Media these days.

Answer 5

Both. He is biracial, which means he has one parent who was white (his mom) and the other who was black (his dad).

Answer 6

No, he is half-white, from his mother's side of the family.

Answer 7

Obama is 50% white. His mother was white.

Answer 8

I'm pretty sure she is