the fallacy of “race”. is barack obama a “black” man?
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The Fallacy of “Race”
• Is Barack Obama a “Black” man?
Mythology vs. BiologyDNA studies have taught us that our gene pools are more mixed than we ever imagined.
• Jessica Szohr, Gossip Girl(Hungarian, African-American, Caucasian)
• Adriana Lima, Victoria’s Secret Angel (African, West Indian, Japanese, and Portuguese)
• Mariah Carey(Father: African-American and Venezuelan )• Derek Jeter, Baseball Player
(Father: African-American)
• Gabrielle Reece, volleyball star (father: African-Trinidadian)
• Wentworth Miller, TV(father: African-American and EuropeanMiller is Identified as “an American actor”)
• Troian Bellisario, Pretty Little Liars(mother: African-Am TV producer)
• Daniel Sunjata, TV(half African-American)
• Meghan Mackle, Suits(mother: African-American)
• Jordan Sparks, singer/song-writer(half African-American; half Caucasian)
• Dwayne Johnson(African-American and Samoan)
• Pete Wentz, Fall Out Boy(Grandfather: Jamaican, a U.S. Ambassador to Sierre Leone)
• Rashida Jones(Quincy Jones’ daughter)
• Nicole Richie(Father: Peter Michael EscovedoAdopted Father: Lionel Richie)
Moral of the Story
• What this tells us is that the notion of “race” is a myth. We “construct” race based on our ideologies, not based on biology.
• “Ethnicity” is a term that accounts for shared culture and seems to be more meaningful.