Why say you are black when you are half white?

There are various reasons why a biracial person may say they are black every now and then.

Sometimes we say we are black, because in society we are black until one knows we are not. When you see a biracial person walking down the street, you would assume they were black and treat them like black people.

But also, biracial people often say they are black to use to their advantage every now and then. Such as jobs (quotas) and scholarships.

Obama is the perfect example. He claimed in his book that if he must be black for all things bad...why not be black for the good things too?

The mixed person has the chance to use their race(s) to their advantage at times. In a society that is as greedy as it is, one takes advantage of the opportunities that present themselves. Whether its wrong to accept a black scholarship if you are half white is not the question. The question is, if you think its wrong and tell that to the biracial person doing it, would you compensate for it, if they turned down the scholarship?

But most biracial people interchange being black and being biracial. Biracial people are placed in a similar boat as black people, and deal with racism just the same, and have been called the "n" word plenty of times. Its through that bond, that makes some biracial people self identify as black.