It's because the color of his skin so people perceive him to be black.
The first and only African-American president in the US is Barack Obama. President Bill Clinton was jokingly called "America's first black president" because he had many black friends and promoted policies that helped black people, but Mr. Clinton was white. Barack Obama is in fact African-American, and when he was elected in 2008, he became the country's first black president.
Usually they are considered white.
Barack Obama put the American Flag on top of the White House...........
They are white
No. (excuse me, but is every person who has ever lived in Kenya an African? Also, are all Kenyan's African?") His biological father is a black Kenyan and his mother is white and from Kansas. The claims that Obama's father was Arabic rather than black are a complete fabrication. And President Obama was born in Hawaii, making him 100% American.
He is half African-American and half Caucasian. His father was a black man from Kenya and his mother was a white woman from the US.Barack Obama is biracial; he is both black and white.
Barack Obama considers himself black. However, his father was black, and his mother was white.
Barack Obama's ancestry is multiracial and multicultural. His father was from Kenya and was black; his mother was from Kansas and was white. His father's ancestry was African; his mother's was Irish and English. The president is thus African-American.
He was white. Obama was the first African American to become president.
black and a little white
President Barack Obama is definitely African-American: his mother was born in Kansas, and was American; his biological father was born in Kenya, and was African. He would also be considered biracial, since his mom was white and his dad was black.
Obama is half Kenyan, half white American. Most people identify him as African-American or black.
Barack Obama is 50% white...44% Arab...6% black...his wife however is 100% man
Obama is black/white
His mother was white and his father was a black African national.
He was born in Hawaii of a black African father and white American mother.
Yes and no. Actually, Barack Obama is biracial. His mother was white, and his father was black. Thus, he is half-black; but in America, historically, if a person looked black, they were considered black. Mr. Obama has never denied the white side of his family, but he also identifies with his black heritage.