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quartz 2 points ago +2 / -0

His white, American ancestors owned slaves, and his black ancestors literally were not from America. It's extremely ironic.

I believe that Wanda Syke's joke at the 2009 WH Corespondents' Dinner will be increasingly relevant in the future:

"I'm proud to be able to say the 'first black President' — that's unless you screw up and then it's going to be, 'What's up with the half white guy?"

https://youtu.be/zmyRog2w4DI?t=100