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So question... How much of a % before it counts? We all shat on Elizabeth Warren (rightfully so IMO...). Considering that Kamala is majority Indian... and some minority white... that leaves some amount less than half "black". With it being truly unknown what that amount is. What counts?
My sister is half white/half black. Dead down the middle genetically. She's been called white nearly all her life just because she is lighter skinned. How come Kamala gets to claim it when my sister can't who ostensibly is more black?
Blackness is historically associated with the one drop rule meaning if even one of your ancestors was black you're black. Even now Americans tends to view biracial children as a member of the lower-status parent group which means if you're half white/half black then white people are more likely to consider you black. Obama is an excellent example because he's also half white/half black and people consider him black.
When it comes to white supremacists assholes like the ones supporting MAGA there's no question that Harris is black.