Question: Is “a Race” ..”a competition,” or is, ..”a Race,” ..”an identification?
Uncut and unabridged…
“According to Webster: race1 (r³s) n. 1. A local geographic or global human population distinguished as a more or less distinct group by genetically transmitted physical characteristics. 2. A group of people united or classified together on the basis of common history, nationality, or geographic distribution: the German race. 3. A genealogical line; a lineage. 4. Human beings considered as a group. 5. Biology. a. A population of organisms differing from others of the same species in the frequency of hereditary traits; a subspecies. b. A breed or strain, as of domestic animals. 6. A distinguishing or characteristic quality, such as the flavor of a wine. [French, from Old French, from Old Italian razza, race, lineage.]
race2 (r³s) n. 1. Sports. a. A competition of speed, as in running or riding. b. races. A series of such competitions held at a specified time on a regular course: attending the dog races. 2. An extended competition in which participants struggle like runners to be the winner: the presidential race. 3. Steady or rapid onward movement: the race of time. 4.a. A strong or swift current of water. b. The channel of such a current. c. An artificial channel built to transport water and use its energy; a raceway. 5. A groovelike part of a machine in which a moving part slides or rolls. 6. See slipstream. –race v. raced, rac·ing, rac·es. –intr. 1. Sports. To compete in a contest of speed. 2. To move rapidly or at top speed: raced home in time. 3. To run too rapidly because of decreased resistance or a lighter load: an engine that was racing. –tr. 1. Sports. a. To compete against in a race. b. To cause to compete in a race; enter in a contest: The monarch raced her horses in the derby each year. 2. To transport rapidly or at top speed; rush: raced the injured motorist to the hospital. 3. To cause (an engine with the gears disengaged, for example) to run swiftly or too swiftly. [Middle English ras, from Old Norse r³s, rush, running. See ers- below.]
Race (r³s),Cape. A promontory of southeast Newfoundland, Canada, on the coast of the Avalon Peninsula.” (Source, Merriam-Webster)
Of course, ”in my considered opinion,” ..which of course holds “no vote” or “no value” in Merriam-Webster’s domain, I believe that Webster could have taken it a step further.
Question: Is an individual of European descent born on the continent of Africa who has migrated, i.e., moved to America and completed America’s naturalization protocols, an African American?
Charlize Theron – a true African American
Charlize Theron; born (7 August 1975) is a South African actress who later became an American citizen. She started her acting career in the United States and rose to fame in the late 1990s following roles in The Devil’s Advocate (1997), Mighty Joe Young (1998), and The Cider House Rules (1999). Theron won an Academy Award for Best Actress for her portrayal of serial killer Aileen Wuornos in Monster (2003), becoming the first African to win an Academy Award in a major acting category. She received another Academy Award nomination for her performance in North Country (2005). Theron became an American citizen in 2007, while retaining her South African citizenship. (Source Wikipedia)
According to available records, both George W. Bush, and Barack Hussein Obama were born in America.
George Walker Bush was born in New Haven, Connecticut at Grace-New Haven Hospital (now Yale – New Haven Hospital), on July 6, 1946
Barack Hussein Obama was born on August 4, 1961, at Kapiʻolani Maternity & Gynecological Hospital (now Kapiʻolani Medical Center for Women and Children) in Honolulu, Hawaii
George Herbert Walker Bush was born at 173 Adams Street in Milton, Massachusetts on June 12, 1924
Barbara Pierce Bush was born at Booth Memorial Hospital in Flushing, Queens in New York City, June 8, 1925
Barack Hussein Obama Sr. was born in Rachuonyo District on the shores of Lake Victoria just outside Kendu Bay, Kenya Colony, at the time a colony of the British Empire.
Stanley Ann Dunham (Obama) was born in St. Francis Hospital in Wichita, Kansas, November, 29, 1942.
Question: Is Barack Obama an African-American? ..or simply a guy that enjoys dressing up?
..or is Barack Obama simply another self aggrandized egomaniac who through political affiliation and deception, (as his immediate predecessor,) ..”undeservedly” achieve election to America’s most prestigious job?
According to Webster: e·go·ma·ni·a, Obsessively preoccupied with the self.
Think about it, I’ll be back tomorrow
Crusader Rabbit…
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