What is Barack Obama race?

Answer 1

President-elect Obama is half white and half black (of Kenyan descent); his white mother was also part Cherokee (Native American).

Incorrect. Obama's father is Arab-African as only his fathers great-grandparent was black. He is 7/16 Arab, 1/16 Black and the remainder is from his mothers race.

Answer 2

His father was black and a native of Kenya. His mother was white and a US citizen. In this regard he has both African and American heritage, although this is not strictly the same as the commonly applied term "African American".

Answer 3

He is bi-racial. His father was African, from Kenya, and his mother was Caucasian from Kansas.