Duggan vs Obama

[sp1814]

Can we get some clarity on AB.

When Barack Obama was elected President of the USA, there were a number of posts where it was pointed out, "He's not black...he's mixed race".

However, Mark Duggan, who is also of a mixed background is suddenly referred to in a number of threads below, as a 'black drug dealer'.

Can we get a concensus on this?

Did I spell 'concensus' correctly?

[plautus]

No, consensus

[Wrongn3mber]

Too many people are too quick to judge by any little tidbit the lying media throws them, I've also found that many have no idea what happens outside their own rosy lives so find it near to impossible to understand an argument from the other persons viewpoint especially when the other person's colour/religion or social standing is different to theirs. I believe education, tolerance and understanding should be key before some decide to post.

[jno]

only Americans do mixed race. AB is all about black and white. The colour of text and the colour of the background gives it away.

[Snafu03]

yes, both wrong - he's a dead black drug dealer.

[Sqad]

sp1814....if that it the case then it is indeed wrong.....I haven't seen any posts describing him as black, but i will look again...low life, drug dealing scumbag is mentioned, which seems pretty accurate ....but not seen him described as black.....will look.

[emmie]

President Obama is mixed race, Not interested in a consensus.

[Sqad]

em 10 but he LOOKS black ;-)

[emmie]

what does black look like sqad.

[Old_Geezer]

I had no idea of Mr. Duggan's family tree.

Makes one wonder though how far back you can have an ancester of a different skin colour to the rest of your family, and not be considered mixed race. Great grandparents do you think ? Closer ? Further ?

[Old_Geezer]

Looks like █

(probably won't work) ;-)

[Sqad]

em 10 line up 10 blokes...5 white and 5 black and i will tell you what black looks like.

[sir.prize]

Was he black or not? Duggan was born on September 15 1981 and attended St David's and St Katherine's, now Greig City Academy, in Hornsey. At the time of his death last Thursday he was under investigation by officers from Trident, the Metropolitan police unit responsible for gun crime within the black community.

[sir.prize]

Or was he white?
http://www.guardian.c...le-tottenham-shooting

[emmie]

Ainsley Harriot found out his great grandfather, might have been further back was white, so he comes from a mixed race family.

[youngmafbog]

I wonder what category Obama is in now the US has had its first down grading to AA from AAA.

Pretty sure I can guess down South in redneck country.

Does it really matter what Duggans colour or parentage is? Low life scum drug dealer is really the issue.

[emmie]

10 blokes who skin looks white, but isn't, define white, ten blokes who's skin looks black, define black, colour charts have a thousand variations, my skin tone isn't white, it's my parentage, lineage, ancestry that suggests that i am, i guess that if it bothered me that much i could look further into it, and maybe find that i am descended from someone in darkest Africa, India, many years ago, which is entirely possible, The same goes for President Obama, he isn't dark brown, nor black, but rather light toned, and he is of mixed race, like that or not.