From 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.’
From Dreams from My Father : ‘I found a solace in nursing a pervasive sense of grievance and animosity against my mother’s race.’
From Dreams from My Father: ‘There was something about him that made me wary, a little too sure of himself, maybe. And white.’
From Dreams from My Father: ‘It remained necessary to prove which side you were on, to show your loyalty to the black masses, to strike out and name names.’
From Dreams from My Father: ‘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 attribute I sought in myself , the attributes of Martin and Malcolm(X), DuBois and Mandela.’
From “The Audacity of Hope”: ‘I will stand with the Muslims should the political winds shift in an ugly direction.’
This.... is who Barack Barry Hussein Soetoro Obama really is... and in his own words.
Quick question:
Do you know if there’s a broader context to the last Obama quote you posted, “I will stand with the Muslims should the political winds shift in an ugly direction.”
The reason I ask, is that it seems so explosive on its face. Could it really be that nobody in the media picked up on this line, even during the recent period where polls where showing confusion on his religion?
Political winds are shifting now, coincidentally - Hurricane coming Nov 2, in fact.
Thanks for the post/ping, LucyT. Interesting thread.