[badpun]

Nobody says that Obama is half-black...

[dragonwriter]

Yeah, because they talk about racial identity, not just ancestry.

Is there any evidence that Pushkin identified as black, rather than being selected as the historical “black friend” to dismiss criticism of a modern state that is actively sponsoring global white supremacy?

[gspetr]

In this piece[0] "Пушкин - Юрьеву"

He refers to himself as "a disfigured descendant of negroes".

"А я, повеса вечно праздный,

Потомок негров безобразный,

Взращённый в дикой простоте…"

Also, here's an interesting article about Pushkin with some African Americans claiming him to be one of their own, with examples from 1929 and 1983:

https://www.livelib.ru/articles/post/63022-kak-pushkin-stal-...

[0] https://ilibrary.ru/text/182/p.1/index.html

EDIT: There's also this article exploring his African heritage:

https://daily.jstor.org/how-alexander-pushkin-was-inspired-b...