Just to drift the thread a bit further, Senator Obama is more "African" by ethnic heritage, at least in the sense that he can point to a specific bit of his ancestry, than golfer Tiger Woods (half Thai) or singer Sammy Davis, Jr. (half Puerto Rican) and much more so than Mr. Davis' children with his wife, Swedish actress May Britt. According to Wiki, General Powell's ancestry includes Scots and Irish, among others.

Yet, according to US usage, all of them are considered African-American/Black...as is anyone else who has an ancestor "of color", no matter how far back. Yet, DNA studies and anthropological findings indicate that every single one of us is descended from the same woman, who probably lived in Africa a while back.   Makes it kinda dumb for anyone to play a "race card", huh?