[mikeash]

In a world where Obama is "black" but not "white," race is whatever people want it to be.

[antisthenes]

That's what most debates end up like on the internet.

Parties just endlessly change definitions of terms until it fits their narrative.

[mikeash]

It's hard to avoid when the topic is race, since there are no real definitions to begin with, and nearly everything about it is arbitrary.