November  UTC  ecHi Sheffield with respect I dont think consensus yet supports adding widely referred to media describe him into the lead Hes African American self identifies as such the overwhelmingly vast majority of RSs identify him as such not just media but academia US Govt etc Were talking about labels here and the fact of the matter is that the label applied to him  of the time is African American including by the RSs that discuss his white mother and black father There is no controversy or increased accuracy that we need to account for in the lead Plainly saying that he is the first AA Presidentelect in the lead without any weasel words that may suggest otherwise is the most policy NPOV RS BLP compliant The details of his parents are succinctly documented in the first paragraph the follows the lead