I love this:

Half-defense: I don’t quite understand why it’s offensive to call Sen. Obama a “halfrican.” It’s a useful word! It efficiently describes a real phenomenon. It isn’t, on its face, pejorative–and even if it were, it wouldn’t be pejorative for long if it were simply used descriptively to mean people with one parent from Africa. … Update: A reader emails to point out the word is distressingly close to “half-breed.” That does seem like a hard connotation to shake. … 5:38 P.M. link