MICHELLE OBAMA'S HERITAGE

MICHELLE OBAMA’S HERITAGE

From the NEW YORK TIMES (2009:10-6)

  MICHELLE OBAMA’S lineage indicates that she is 5 generations away from slavery and is a “Black Caucasian” (Black on the outside

and partially white on the inside.) This is the same as her husband, although his bi-racialness is closer to his own birth as his mom was White.

This mix and description is really more common place than one would think.
According to SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN (2003: 10/23/ 33) 70% of Blacks are really Black Caucasian having White ancestry and 21% of Whites

are generally White Africans (black on the inside and white on the outside) White Africans are larger in number than Black Africans. In large extended families of

Black people it is not uncommon to talk about “white cousins” and “black cousins” depending on their outward appearance. According to Porter

1991 in COLOR QUICK, roughly 10, 000 black folk “pass” into white hood in any one year. Your friends and neighbors may be that genetic

mix. They all join biologically with their connection with the Obamas (Snell, College Student Journal, (2008) 6/ 479-480.) 

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