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Why does President Obama sound “white” when he talks?

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It is simple. He is not from an African American community. He didn't live in one until after college. Accents are not inborn, not based on your “race” they are from where you grew up and your parents. He has a west coast accent. read more

” America is a multiracial society with Hispanics, East Asians, South Asians, Arabs, native Americans, North Africans, Jews, Russians, Polynesians, etc in addition to blacks and whites. read more

Oscar winning actor Morgan Freeman has declared that the U.S. is still waiting for its first black president as Barack Obama does not qualify because he is of mixed-heritage. Making the controversial comments on NPR, Freeman said that even though President Obama identifies himself as African-American, the fact remains that his mother was a white woman from the Great Plains. read more

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