Obama's Kenyan father, and his middle name being Hussein brought accusations of being an "anti-colonialist" and a "secret Muslim."
There are direct ties between normalized anti-Blackness, Africaness being disqualifying and suspicious --and normalized Islamophobia -- as we see with Mamdani.
@thorbenson.bsky.socialUsed to hear "He's not even black! He's half white!" about Obama quite a bit back in the day
