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Fact - Barack Obama claims to be a black man.

Fact- His father was black, but his mother and maternal grandparents that raised him were Caucasian and he could just as easily have chosen to covet that portion of his ethnicity. Why didn't he? I submit that it's because there is no benefit in doing so - he wouldn't be able to play the race card.

Many prominent figures throughout history were quadroon or octoroon, including several former presidents. They didn't claim their black heritage because unlike today, it was more 'politically correct' to claim their white roots.

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