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Originally Posted by Cajungator26
Joey, racism is racism - I don't care what color you are. I don't understand how you can make excuses for Obama's obvious dislike of whites. Some quotes from his book, Dreams From My Father:
"I ceased to advertise my mother's race at the age of 12 or 13, when I began to suspect that by doing so I was ingratiating myself to whites."
"There was something about him that made me wary, a little too sure of himself, maybe. And white."
"It remained necessary to prove which side you were on, to show your loyalty to the black masses, to strike out and name names."
"I never emulate white men and brown men whose fates didn't speak to my own. It was into my father's image, the black man, son of Africa, that I'd packed all the attributes I sought in myself, the attributes of Martin and Malcolm, Dubois and Mandela."
These are real quotes from his book. I guess it's a matter of opinion as to what he really meant while writing it, but I was insulted when I read it myself. Sorry, but I don't like racism on ANY front.
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First of all, did you honestly read the whole book or were these snippets? Again, you have to read everything in their full context.
Having said that, I didnt find what he was saying offensive or racist at all. Is it offensive if I say that my role models were white women because identify more with them? My husband has ethnicity on his mother's side, is it bad if he chooses role models from that ethnicity? It is only natural, especially in this country, to embrace that which makes us diffferent.
I think it is easier for a white person to sit and judge a man for being racist when that person has never been judged themselves for the same thing.