His father was Kenyan and his mother was American of English/German descent. He would be African in lineage but culturally would most likely be American/English, although as far as cultures go, he did live in Indonesia for a length of time as a child and may have retained some of that culture as well.
I think the use of words like black and white, are not the issue, it's the manner in which they are spoken and how it is spoken is not relative to only one side or the other. There comes a point where we move on and recognize that history is back there - the path to change is in front of you.
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