ESPN Anchor: ‘Fascinating’ Obama Identifies As Black Though ‘Black Dad Was Nowhere To Be Found’ – By Amanda Prestigiacomo (DailyWire) / Oct 5 2021
“…his black dad was nowhere to be found, but his white mom and grandma raised him.”
ESPN anchor Sage Steele, who is biracial, told former NFL quarterback Jay Cutler last month that she identifies as both white and black, and found it “fascinating” that former President Barack Obama, who is biracial, too, identifies as black, though his “black dad was nowhere to be found” when he was growing up.
The commentary was raised when Steele recalled a colleague asking her to “choose” to identify as either black or white, noting that Obama identified himself as black on the census back in 2010.
Steele said she’d still choose to identify as both black and white. As for Obama, the ESPN personality said, “I’m like, ‘Well, congratulations to the president. That’s his thing.’”
“I think that’s fascinating considering his black dad was nowhere to be found, but his white mom and grandma raised him,” Steele continued. “But hey, you do you. I’m going to do me.”
