On Tue, 01 Jan 2008 19:23:32 +0000, Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:



Why, in this day and age, would a person of 50/50% race composition call
themselves one or the other?

Say it wasn't Obama - say it was Jane Doe who was 50% Asian/50% African.

Beats me, but perhaps, it's the difference between nationality and
ethnicity. I'm American with an Irish bloodline, but in my case, I've
never referred to myself as Irish-American. Others may choose
differently.