Have you heard how about the debate over whether Obama is black or not? I,for one, find it absolutely ridiculous to tell someone how they should identify themselves. If Obama says he is black,then why the hell is anyone questioning that? Here's more on that from The Star Tribune:
"A perplexing new chapter is unfolding in Barack Obama's racial saga: Many people insist that "the first black president" is actually not black.
Debate over whether to call this son of a white Kansan and a black Kenyan biracial, African-American, mixed-race, half-and-half, multiracial — or, in Obama's own words, a "mutt" — has reached a crescendo since Obama's election shattered assumptions about race.
Obama has said, "I identify as African-American — that's how I'm treated and that's how I'm viewed. I'm proud of it." In other words, the world gave Obama no choice but to be black, and he was happy to oblige."(END OF EXCERPT) Read the rest here:http://www.startribune.com/politics/36106829.html
Now,it has been discovered that an Egyptian queen that was said to be European really was African all along. Scientists have reconstructed Cleopatra's face & it appears that she was of mixed race. Now, if she is mixed with both European & African, will she be viewed as black by those who say that Obama is not? In my view,we can only classify her based on her appearance because we don't know how she identified herself. But,if someone states they are black, then that's what they are. Let the individual decide how to present themselves to society. I am happy to have a African & European leader who identifies himself as black. And it is wonderful to have affirmation that what black folks have been saying for quite some time is true. Cleopatra is black,unless she can reach out to us from the past & tell us otherwise! This video contains a beautiful slideshow of African royalty. It's absolutely exquisite!But,here's more on Cleopatra's racial makeup:
"Over the last several centuries artists have attempted to paint the image of Cleopatra, to give a face to the name that has become one of the most famous and mysterious in history. But for the first time we may have finally gotten it right.
After a year of extensive research, Dr. Sally Ann Ashton of Cambridge University has pieced together what she believed to be the true face of Cleopatra (top left), one that differs greatly from the many depictions throughout history.
Pieced together from images on ancient artifacts, including a ring dating from Cleopatra’s reign 2,000 years ago, it is the culmination of more than a year of painstaking research. It shows her as a woman of mixed race, with dark eyes, hair, and skin, and nice looks, a far cry from the extremes of the unattractive depiction of ancient artifacts (shown below), or the Hollywood version of beauty of modern movies.
Dr. Ashton is scheduled to release the full results as part of a five part documentary." This is the post in it's entirety which I got from ChattahBox.Here's the link to this post:
http://chattahbox.com/science/2008/12/16/first-accurate-depiction-of-cleopatra-created/
