Jesus man do y'all pretend to be this ignorant?
YES he is black! YES he is of black ethnicity by way of his father, the great Emory Tate:
Emory Tate: chess savant, warrior (1958-2015) - The Chess Drum
YES he is also of non-black descent by way of his mother.
He has no interest in black politics, black identity or politics in general and CHOOSES to live, identify and present himself like some type of Italian mafioso hustler or whatever. That is his choice and people normally respect a multi-racial persons personal choice of identity. It doesn't make him any less "black."
This is really not a complicated gotcha. Maybe it sounds like genius to idiots.