From Randy's link:
Mr. Obama is 50% Caucasian, that from his mother. What those who want Mr. Obama to write history by becoming "America's first African-American president" ignore is that his father was ethnically Arabic, with only 1 relative ethnically African Negro - a maternal great-grandparent (Sen. Obama's great-great grandparent, thus the 6.25% ethnic contribution to the senator's ethnic composition.).
That means that Mr. Obama is 50% Caucasian from his mother's side. He is 43.75% Arabic, and 6.25% African Negro from his father's side.
"Why do you think he has an Arabic name? Why does his father have an Arabic name? Why does every ancestor on his father's side have an Arabic name?"
The answer is obvious: They have Arabic names because his father's side of the family tree is Arabic.
Need proof? Research the Kenyan records for yourself. You will find that his father was officially classified as "Arab African" by the Kenyan government.
Ehtnically Arabic?
Since when did Kenya become part of the Middle East? I'm still confused, because this man who wrote the article isn't making sense. Kenya is on the western coast of Africa. If Obama's realtives were enslaved by Arabs, how does this make them Arab?
This guy that blogs this crap is so far to the right, he's off the chart. Obama's family name has Arabic roots, but most people in that region adopted names according to their faith, much like old worlf Catholics, Protestants, etc.. adopted last names of their trade (i.e. sheep herder= Sheppard, my last name).
Do you know what the most popular name in the world is? Mohammed. Why? More Muslims than Christians world wide. Does this make you Arabic for having that name? Of course not.
What if you where born and bred in the Saudi Arabia, and were a Christian wiith the birth name Jesus? You would still be Arabic. No different than being French-Canadian, German-American like SoCal, Scandinavian -American like Krandall or Native American, Dutch and Irish (Like myself).
Obama's father was born in Africa, he's African. His mother was born in Kansas, USA, She's an American. He's African-American.
~Brian