Barack Obama's bi-racial question, "I'm half black - half white, so I checked both boxes. I hope that's ok." The question has finally wafted over to CNN - Is Barack Obama Black or Biracial?

Biologically: white parent and black parent = bi-racial. But culturally, it's a different issue altogether....

Dear Geraldine Ferraro,

First and foremost, I would like to thank you for providing to the American public your deep insights on the lives of African-American men. In the face of all the poverty level and crime-level and incarceration-rate statistics, you stand boldly behind that illusive Black male concept...