The author of Ace of Spades on Barack Obama's identity crisis

I am biracial and for the most part, see this article as negative, not realistic. lpr1974--there is no way you have "NEVER ONCE did I thought about Obama being a 'black' man." That is over doing it, and one of the reasons african americans get annoyed. i dont believe your necessarily
racist, but your trying to ignore the racism that exists in this country. David Matthews has had a tough childhood it seems with race and is one-sided himself saying that Obama is to 'white' and not 'black enough'. is that because he's educated? When is going to college going to be a black thing? If you ask me it already is! Matthew says Obama isn't black enough, but then goes into the fact that his father was Kenyan and his mother white, so his skin isn't light enough for white america. Matthew is not a talented writer sending mixed messages and enforcing racism by enforcing steryotyes, like because clinton liked fried chicken he's more black that obama. So being black is just fried chicked huh? Matthews should check what issues he has with racism from his past, and stop trying to inflict it on obama's hopeful presidency

This article should be taken down. It's offensive and repugnate. Senator Barrack Obama doesn't have a "racial identity crisis," the writer of this article does. I voted for Obama when I lived in Chicago and I will vote for him now. And not because he's one of us. But because he has ideals and is focused and wants to represent everyone. The fact that the writer in his article would look towards Rev. Al Shapton for approval of Obama, shows this author isn't taking the subject matter seriously. One black man is not the same as any black man, first off Mat. No one in the right mind would seriously elect Rev. Al Shapton! He has no political merit whatsoever. He's a crook and a fake. And I have a hard time feeling sorry for the author for someone calling him by the n-word when the author starts off using racial ephitets in leiu of the candidates names in the beginning of the article, he's clearly not the brightest. And I wonder if such a downright racists and foolish article really is the work of an intelligent, observant, and creative professional or some adolescent cry baby. He seems full of racial and gender hatred. It seems to me from reading this article the author has some serious problems with being black. It is my opinion, instead of writing damaging and thoughtless drivel he should go deal with them. Regardless of race, Obama is a good man and would make a great president.

To abbs1783...Excuse me, you must think that I live in the same country as you? I am most definitely NOT a racist! Go tell off paris
I can't believe that I have to explain this to a random nobody over the internet trying to tell me what I am? I am outside of the USA [thankfully!] however, I experience reverse racism everyday. So of course I am not going to judge somebody by the color of their skin. It's what I believe, it's the way I was raised, it's what I studied in School, and what I practice. I will say it again. I never once thought of Obama as a black man- it's the truth. It's unfortunate that you assume that everybody thinks the same way you do. I will vote for the best person for the job.
I'm with taking this article down. David Matthews' writing lacks any real depth inside Obama as a real person, not just the color of his skin.

Political correctness is sooooo boring. Someone who said that Matthews' writing lacks any "real depth," must be living on a diet of lifetime tv and mother jones news. Satire is meant to provoke--it is not meant to be taken as literal truth. This piece was funny, and just because some peeps don't think America is a racist country, doesn't make it so. Am I the only person who gets the sense of moral outrage the author is trying to convey? He is CONDEMNING America for it's inability to see past race, by using obvious racial stereotypes. He wrote a piece that pushed buttons as a means of getting a much deeper message across, and it's a shame some folks were so thin-skinned as to just feel the button-push. I laughed when I read this, but I won't be laughing when most of his predictions probably come true. It's called satire folks. Get pissed off at your lame population that won't elect a woman or a black man to the presidency. Oh, wait--I'm sure some of you are actually deluded enough to think they might! Now THAT'S funny!!!!

All black men cheat on their women. Yea that's a good one- how clever.