Define Black.
Black to me? Keep in mind it is my opinion, not fact.
100% from African descent. No white, mexican, etc. African American is a term only for people immediatley from Africa. Blacks can be poor, middle class, rich but I consider a black 100%. I don't define it baased on actions, personality, etc. There are different degrees of blacks based on personality, but not in race IMO. I don't think Halle Berry, Prince, etc are black. They can call themselves black but it is not fair to their other culture.
Yeah, that's what i thought, too!
Snoop Dogg or Collin Powell?
Although Powell refuses to be a pawn in America's race game, his backgound in military conservatism has made his relationship to the Black community tenuous. In direct conflict with the Congressional Black Caucus, he opposed lifting the ban on gays in the armed forces. The General also spoke out against the Million Man March on National television on the day of the event. Unlike some prominent Black men, like Johnnie Cochran, who boycotted the March because of its exclusion of Black women, Powell did not address the destructive issue of gender divisiveness. When many National leaders were able to seperate the messenger from the message, Powell publically drew an analogy between Louis Farrakhan's anti-Semitism and Mark Furhman's racism. On a day that was set aside for Black economic empowerment, Powell did just that: he held a signing, and sold his book. Powell's book signing and promotion remind us that his economic allegiances tie him to the power elite.
Powell is a Black man, but in the tradition of H. Ross Perot he has tried to convince us that he is a common man, and nothing could be further from the truth. As a self proclaimed "fiscal conservative with a social conscience,(608)" Powell has no vision for the half of Black children who grow up in poverty. During his September 15, 1995 interview with Barbara Walters, Powell admitted that he did not know very much about the welfare system. The former Joint Chiefs of Staff has no insight into this problem, and why should he? Colin Powell has moved far from his humble South Bronx beginnings, and as he told The New Yorker, "...I just figured out what the white guys were doing."