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As for the election, I'm so sick of hearing that Obama is African American. Last time I checked, his mother and maternal grandparents were/are white. He is mixed, a mutt, just like the rest of us. He is an AMERICAN! Unless you were born in Africa and come here to be naturalized then you are an African-American. Same thing for Latinos and Asians! The only people who should automatically have something in front of their "American" status are NATIVE AMERICANS!!! We talk so much about racism and how we can eliminate it. Well first, eliminate LABELS! No more ETHIC AMERICANS. Let's all just BE AMERICANS! It is great that we, as a nation, were able to overlook the darker color of his skin. It is a very historical moment. I didn't vote for Obama, but not because I am prejudice to his ethniticity. I just don't like him. So, I sit here with mixed emotions about the election.