[sumedh]

> The greatest Russian writer ever was black, Alexander Pushkin.

Wiki says his great grandfather was black. I am not sure how you jumped to the conclusion that Pushkin was black.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Pushkin

[badpun]

Isn't that the distinction used by at least some people in US - you're black if you had any black ancestors (at least in traced history)?

[stjohnswarts]

Not for 60 years or more. That's part of old slave laws and not popular with modern America except with the KKK crowd

[jwilk]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One-drop_rule