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[Shermann]

1. What was Prince when he played the Super Bowl XLI halftime show? nt

[cloudbase]

7. Alive.

I'll get my hat. . .

[MiHale]

2. Bi...

B and I alone no problem…together it’s “bi” …oh my god pearls clutched, hair on fire, sky falling.

[RockRaven]

3. It appears to be.

Or if not too complicated, too something. What that something is I could only speculate.

But it is hardly isolated to Superbowl coverage. Your comparison is a relevant one, because Obama was far more often referred to as black than biracial in all of the media I consumed during his years in office. It seems pretty widespread.

[Sogo]

4. Obama identified himself as black, if I recall correctly.

[RockRaven]

5. So? *Most* people who call Obama black aren't doing so because they took pains to learn his

self-identification and are scrupulously respecting that. Rather they call him black because of their own habits or wants -- and would be doing so regardless of whether or not it coincided with his self-identification.

[republianmushroom]

6. Is "biracial" just too complicated?

it is for many.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

8. He considers himself and describes himself as Black, so it seems best to follow his lead.

[nini]

9. So, he's not Black enough to be considered Black?

https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2900106-patrick-mahomes-speaks-on-people-saying-hes-not-full-black-in-gq-cover-story

[WhiskeyGrinder]

11. Apparently the OP doesn't think so?

[Abolishinist]

10. You refer to Patrick Mahomes as He/His.

Have you checked Patrick Mahomes' preferred personal pronouns as well?

Mahomes seems to be quite settled on being referred to as Black...

The Kansas City Chiefs star shared his perspective in an interview with Clay Skipper of GQ:

"I've seen how people, on Twitter, have tweeted and said, 'Oh, you're not full Black.' But I've always just had the confidence and believed in who I am. And I've known that I'm Black. And I'm proud to be Black. And I'm proud to have a white mom too. I'm just proud of who I am. And I've always had that confidence in myself."