re: #30 Ben Hur

He was born a Muslim.

Which means to Muslims, that he is still a Muslim.

Which was the point of the rhetoric in his speech.

I understand you.

What always wrily amuses me about the whole “first black president” story is that, according to Kenya’s population classification, his father was 1/8 black and 7/8 Luo (which are considered Arabs and are generally Muslim). You and I may see a Luo and a “real” black next to each other and not be able to tell the difference, but apparently it’s a big deal for them (think Hutus vs. Tutsis in Rwanda —- we wouldn’t be able to tell them apart).

Now since Arabs are considered Caucasian in the USA, this makes him… 15/16 Caucasian.

Zombie was on to something when (s)he said that the REAL embarrassment with any “nirth certifikit” would be if it listed “Caucasian” anywhere…