Youneverknow: "half-black"

Wed Dec 7 08:28:47 UTC 2011

Isn't that pretty common to say? I guess a lot of people call President Obama black, but (when I mention it at all) I try to say he's half-black or half-black, half-white.

Benjamin Barrett
Seattle, WA

On Dec 6, 2011, at 10:34 PM, Wilson Gray wrote:

> Tosh of the Comedy Central trash-TV show, "Tosh.0." interviews a white couple.
>
> Tosh: Would you ever have sex with a black girl?
> He: Hm. Maybe, if she was light-skinned.
> Tosh: How about you? Have you ever had sex with a black guy?
> She: Well, I had sex with these guy-twins who were _half-black_, once.
> He: Yeah! Both of 'em at the same time!

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