What Really Matters is Breeding

Am I White Yet?

Dad is black and Mum is black.

I'm not white yet.

Dad is black and Mum is white.

Am I white yet?

Dad is white and mum is black.

Am I white yet?

Granddad's black and Grandma's white.

Dad is white and Mum's not white yet.

Am I white yet?

Great Granddad's black and Great Grandma's white.

Granddad's white and Grandma's not white yet.

Dad's white and Mum's not quite white yet.

Am I white yet?

I go back through generations.

My kin come from many nations.

But t'will only take one black kin.

To prevent me having white skin.

So I'm not white yet.

I was doing some work at a minor stately home and, chatting with the very pleasant owner, somehow got on to the subject of class. He suggested that, "You can become middle class, you can become rich and famous but what really counts and what you can't have is breeding."

We seem to consider Obama as the "first black President," but does that make sense. His father was apparently of mixed heritage. Do black people say things like, "I don't trust Obama because he's white"?