Reply #44: Society decided to call Obama Black;

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Obviously there is a very tenuous relationship between race and genetics. You will be characterized as hispanic and not black if you are from Puerto Rico or the Dominican Republic with almost all African ancestry. You can be 10% or %20 African but having been in America be considered Black. Why? Because those who had the power to decide decided it would be that way. Lets get real if Obama or someone who looked just like him was coming down the street and someone asked you who was coming down he street you would say that black guy. Obama identifies as black only because the world has related to him as a black man. Its really not that complicated.