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Interesting point Mystique.
The fact is though that many in america identify as merely "White" unless they are immediate immigrants from europe or jewish.
I guess its just a point of calling themselves "American" so as to disavow most ties to European Ancestry.
As fer blacks (which im one of) the OVERWHELMING majority of blacks in the country are decendents of slaves brought over from africa. In america black is normally a shorthand for that, Black AFRICANS are slightly more disticnt in identification because they have africa as a direct homeland, while we have it as a distant homeland.
Technically, I'm an Afro-American. I personally just identify as american. I find myself more "American" then "African" in culture anyways.
It's just part of a larger identity crisis I see in America generally.
As fer Obama, I still say he needs some of Appalachia. Deep south states like Alabamie, Miissasippi and Louisiani he could be competetive in.
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