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Bbb23, I don't know what you are trying to say. All I know is that "none" of these sources say African-American; however he is black. A black "Haitian American". It's also strange how an entire article was made without even mentioning that both parents are from Haiti. How much credibility does that editor deserve? Savvyjack23 (talk) 06:59, 1 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]
@Savvyjack23: The source you added for the Haitian part says "He is the first African American appointed by President Barack Obama to be the United States Attorney for the Central District of California" in the text above the byline. In the body of our article there is a statement about him being the first African-American, sourced to the LA Times, which actually says "Birotte 43, will be the first African American man to hold the post."
I realize that Haiti is not part of Africa. However, although his parents come from Haiti, that doesn't mean that they or their ancestors didn't come from Africa. In any event, we have to go with the sources, and a big deal was made out of this at the time of his appointment.--Bbb23 (talk) 16:18, 1 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]
My real concern, is why "Haitian parents" were not mentioned in all of this? It discredits, "their" struggle to even get to this country in search of a bettter life. (It also was rather easy to find). Savvyjack23 (talk) 22:00, 1 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Things like that happen. I don't think you should suspect any ulterior motive. If you want to blame someone, blame me, as I created the article, and I don't recall seeing the LA Sentinel article. Anyway, now it's there.--Bbb23 (talk) 22:14, 1 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]
No, no blame Bbb23. Thanks for the article creation. Savvyjack23 (talk) 04:23, 3 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Shouldn't that be in the infobox or at least mentioned in the body of the Wikipedia entry? I know it's meant to be an impartial role but who are kidding?--TinHo82 (talk) 20:54, 24 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Savvyjack23 (talk) 04:23, 3 March 2015 (UTC)