Is Obama black or white?

When Obama won the election, the world was jubilant, and many news media celebrated the victory of breaking through another border of the United States: people of color occupied the most important position in the world. The American media called him the first black president or African-American president. Although more accurate, is Obama black or white? The newspaper in China says that he is an "African-American" president, which is inaccurate, because Obama is not African, and he has nothing to do with Africa in essence. Although his father is Kenyan, Obama is not of African descent, but he is of African descent. He is actually an American to the core. Essentially, he is no different from an out-and-out white American. He was born in a typical white family, grew up in a white family, and received the same education as a white upper-class child. He is a man who looks black but is actually white. It is in this sense that Obama's election hardly surprised many people, especially those of us who live in the United States. Because Obama is a lucky man, he has come into contact with two races.

Yes, Obama's skin is black, but not as black as pure black. He looks whiter, and his figure and facial features are whiter. Besides, he was born to a white mother. His mother was 18 years old when he was born, and his father left shortly after he was born. Later, I saw him again That was when Obama lived with his white grandparents. He was ten years old. This African father is completely absent from Obama's life and almost does not exist. In addition, the father died in a car accident very early. As an adult, Obama returned to Kenya to look for his father's family, but this search may be more symbolic. He doesn't speak black. He has no black accent at all. He also has no family history of black slaves in the United States, nor is he a descendant of slaves sold to the United States. He studied at Columbia University and Harvard University in Law School. His education is the education of the upper-middle class in America, so his heart is actually the same as that of an upper-middle class white man. His skin color made African Americans think that he represented himself, so that 92% of African Americans voted for Obama. His educational background made white Americans above the middle class think that he represented himself, and 52% people voted for him, especially those with high annual salary, and the proportion of white people with annual salary of more than 200,000 voted for him was higher. The reason is that Obama is not one of them. Apart from their skin, they have more similarities than differences with Obama. There are deep and light skin colors, but for countries where everyone's skin color is different, skin color is basically not a problem, because everyone's skin color is different, that is, white people, and the olive color of southern European whites is different from the pink color of northern European whites. So Obama's skin color has no effect on ordinary white people. But it affects blacks, because blacks regard Obama as their representative. It has a certain influence on Asian Americans, because it makes them sensitive to their own skin. But Asians are closer to whites culturally and politically, so Obama's skin color has little effect on their voting. As far as I know, most people in China don't vote for Obama, not because he is black, but because they don't like him to promise change like a blank check.

Obama's race also makes him unconsciously exposed because he is a mixed-race person. This is America's social ideal: when everyone comes to America, everyone will blend into this melting pot and become Americans. Obama's mulatto and countryside are the embodiment of the American dream. Because of this mixture, Obama has become the representative of American success myth. In essence, Obama is not the embodiment of the dream of immigrating to the United States. He is an American born in America. But because of his race, he seems to be the embodiment of the poor coming to the United States to realize the American dream. At any time in history, the role of thought is greater than truth. That's what people think, and reason is not important. Americans need the American dream, and so does the world. Obama unconsciously became the embodiment of the American dream.

The racial problem in the United States is a very complicated phenomenon, and the power relationship is also very complicated. Just like the relationship between urban people and rural people in China. For example, a Beijinger may discriminate against a farmer in Shaanxi who wears different clothes, but for farmers in Wenzhou, the degree of discrimination may be smaller. It is said that Shanghainese discriminate against Su Beiren, but for Tianjin people, there is not much difference between Su Beiren and Sunan people. They are all southerners. So many subtle and complicated power relations constitute the relationship between China people's regions. Race relations in the United States are similar. For example, in the racial power relations in the United States, China people are not very discriminated against (there was a Chinese Exclusion Act in history, but racial discrimination was not a problem at that time), because the history and culture of China make ordinary Americans feel awe and envy. Influenced by our culture, China people have an innate sense of cultural superiority. However, white American women generally don't marry China men. Of course, most white people don't marry. Although intermarriage is normal, quite a few women in China marry whites, and few marry blacks. This reason is not only caused by cultural values and ethnic relations, but also by the animal nature of human beings. China men constructed by western culture often have no masculinity (cultural significance), while China men in reality are usually shorter than white women (animal significance). Generally speaking, women, as female animals, like stronger male animals. China men together have not established their own heroic image, although Jackie Chan has made indelible contributions to changing the heroic image of China men in western culture. However, Jackie Chan's image is often exaggerated, which sometimes makes people feel that China men are strange. On the contrary, China men born or raised in the United States do not have this problem. They are often aggressive, just like white Americans. It's not that serious to treat them as aliens.