Historically even 1/4 or less Negro blood made one legally a Negro in many states.
Obama apparently likes to be thought of as black - he stresses his black heritage over and over.
Fifty percent. His father was black and from Kenya, his mother was white and from the United States.
Obama is black/white
White.
More black people voted for obama
Obama has a white mother and a black father.
Obama's dad was from Kenya and is black. His mom is white, making Obama biracial, not black as is so often stated.
He had one white parent and one black parent.
Obama had a white mother who is deceased. His father is a black man from Kenya.
Obama is 50% black and 50% white. He acknowledges himself as a black man.
Black and white.
If Obama is 12.6 percent black, the rest of the percentage would be made up of his other racial and ethnic backgrounds. For example, Obama's father was from Kenya and his mother was of mostly English descent, so the remaining percentage would likely reflect those ethnic backgrounds.
The eloquent and intelligent man we elected to run the affairs of our country. He is called Barack Obama.