that is, we know this is true because he told us it is.
his racial identity struggles were a part of what launched him to prominence; people found it compelling on a human level. he didn't know who or what he was for most of his life, and didn't begin to really identify as black until he hit his mid-20s.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/barry-or-how-barack-obama-learned-to-stop-worrying-and-love-his-blackness
so, when i talk about obama being white, i'm not poking at him. i'm not making it up.
and, the fact that his policies ended up so racialized opens up a can of worms.
it really does.
that picture probably exists on the internet to criticize the biracial relationship, and i'm not going to do that. i hope barack & miss cook had lots of fun together.
but, it is what it is.
that's all i'm saying.
he identified as white (and is. half.) for a good part of his life and that doesn't ever go away. trust me.