Sailer took the title, not only because it was in the popular lexicon but also due to Obama's almost embarrassingly obvious race-consciousness even as he declared "There is not a black America and a white America...there's the United States of America." Eventually, from early on as Sailer argues, and as the Tom Wolfe title says, Obama went "Back to Blood." Sailer's title and Obama's dilemma (and golden opportunity) came because of the extreme whiteness of the mother and the extreme African blackness of the father producing a fascinating amalgam that perfectly demonstrates the eternal rift at the heart of this country.
Take it up with J.K. Rowling...
you realize that in harry potter it was Snapes way of heading off the bigotry against him because he was of mixed blood.
I don't read kids' books. Sorry.
Sailer took the title, not only because it was in the popular lexicon but also due to Obama's almost embarrassingly obvious race-consciousness even as he declared "There is not a black America and a white America...there's the United States of America." Eventually, from early on as Sailer argues, and as the Tom Wolfe title says, Obama went "Back to Blood." Sailer's title and Obama's dilemma (and golden opportunity) came because of the extreme whiteness of the mother and the extreme African blackness of the father producing a fascinating amalgam that perfectly demonstrates the eternal rift at the heart of this country.