Obama, the African Colonial

American Thinker ^ | June 25, 2009 | L.E. Ikenga

[neverdem]

Had Americans been able to stop obsessing over the color of Barack Obama's skin and instead paid more attention to his cultural identity, maybe he would not be in the White House today. The key to understanding him lies with his identification with his father, and his adoption of a cultural and political mindset rooted in postcolonial Africa.

Like many educated intellectuals in postcolonial Africa, Barack Hussein Obama, Sr. was enraged at the transformation of his native land by its colonial conqueror. But instead of embracing the traditional values of his own tribal cultural past, he embraced an imported Western ideology, Marxism. I call such frustrated and angry modern Africans who embrace various foreign "isms", instead of looking homeward for repair of societies that are broken, African Colonials. They are Africans who serve foreign ideas.

The tropes of America's racial history as a way of understanding all things black are useless in understanding the man who got his dreams from his father, a Kenyan exemplar of the African Colonial.

Before I continue, I need to say this: I am a first generation born West African-American woman whose parents emigrated to the U.S. in the 1970's from the country now called Nigeria. I travel to Nigeria frequently. I see myself as both a proud American and as a proud Igbo (the tribe that we come from -- also sometimes spelled Ibo). Politically, I have always been conservative (though it took this past election for me to commit to this once and for all!); my conservative values come from my Igbo heritage and my place of birth. Of course, none of this qualifies me to say what I am about to -- but at the same time it does.

My friends, despite what CNN and the rest are telling you, Barack Obama is nothing more than an old school African Colonial who is on his way to turning this country into one of the developing nations that you learn about on the National Geographic Channel. Many conservative (East, West, South, North) African-Americans like myself -- those of us who know our history -- have seen this movie before. Here are two main reasons why many Americans allowed Obama to slip through the cracks despite all of his glaring inconsistencies:

First, Obama has been living on American soil for most of his adult life. Therefore, he has been able to masquerade as one who understands and believes in American democratic ideals. But he does not. Barack Obama is intrinsically undemocratic and as his presidency plays out, this will become more obvious. Second, and most importantly, too many Americans know very little about Africa. The one-size-fits-all understanding that many Americans (both black and white) continue to have of Africa might end up bringing dire consequences for this country.

Contrary to the way it continues to be portrayed in mainstream Western culture, Africa is not a continent that can be solely defined by AIDS, ethnic rivalries, poverty and safaris. Africa, like any other continent, has an immense history defined by much diversity and complexity. Africa's long-standing relationship with Europe speaks especially to some of these complexities -- particularly the relationship that has existed between the two continents over the past two centuries. Europe's complete colonization of Africa during the nineteenth century, also known as the Scramble for Africa, produced many unfortunate consequences, the African colonial being one of them.

The African colonial (AC) is a person who by means of their birth or lineage has a direct connection with Africa. However, unlike Africans like me, their worldviews have been largely shaped not by the indigenous beliefs of a specific African tribe but by the ideals of the European imperialism that overwhelmed and dominated Africa during the colonial period. AC's have no real regard for their specific African traditions or histories.  AC's use aspects of their African culture as one would use pieces of costume jewelry: things of little or no value that can be thoughtlessly discarded when they become a negative distraction, or used on a whim to decorate oneself in order to seem exotic. (Hint: Obama's Muslim heritage).

On the other hand, AC's strive to be the best at the culture that they inherited from Europe. Throughout the West, they are tops in their professions as lawyers, doctors, engineers, Ivy League professors and business moguls; this is all well and good. It's when they decide to engage us as politicians that things become messy and convoluted.

The African colonial politician (ACP) feigns repulsion towards the hegemonic paradigms of Western civilization. But at the same time, he is completely enamored of the trappings of its aristocracy or elite culture. The ACP blames and caricatures whitey to no end for all that has gone wrong in the world. He convinces the masses that various forms of African socialism are the best way for redressing the problems that European colonialism motivated in Africa. However, as opposed to really being a hard-core African Leftist who actually believes in something, the ACP uses socialist themes as a way to disguise his true ambitions: a complete power grab whereby the "will of the people" becomes completely irrelevant.

Barack Obama is all of the above. The only difference is that he is here playing (colonial) African politics as usual.  

In his 1995 memoir, Dreams From My Father -- an eloquent piece of political propaganda -- Obama styles himself as a misunderstood intellectual who is deeply affected by the sufferings of black people, especially in America and Africa. In the book, Obama clearly sees himself as an African, not as a black American. And to prove this, he goes on a quest to understand his Kenyan roots. He is extremely thoughtful of his deceased father's legacy; this provides the main clue for understanding Barack Obama.

Barack Obama Sr. was an African colonial to the core; in his case, the apple did not fall far from the tree. All of the telltale signs of Obama's African colonialist attitudes are on full display in the book -- from his feigned antipathy towards Europeans to his view of African tribal associations as distracting elements that get in the way of "progress".  (On p. 308 of Dreams From My Father, Obama says that African tribes should be viewed as an "ancient loyalties".)

Like imperialists of Old World Europe, the ACP sees their constituents not as free thinking individuals who best know how to go about achieving and creating their own means for success. Instead, the ACP sees his constituents as a flock of ignorant sheep that need to be led -- oftentimes to their own slaughter.

Like the European imperialist who spawned him, the ACP is a destroyer of all forms of democracy.

Here are a few examples of what the British did in order to create (in 1914) what is now called Nigeria and what Obama is doing to you: 

1. Convince the people that "clinging" to any aspect of their cultural (tribal) identity or history is bad and regresses the process of "unity". British Imperialists deeply feared people who were loyal to anything other than the state. "Tribalism" made the imperialists have to work harder to get people to just fall in line. Imperialists pitted tribes against each other in order to create chaos that they then blamed on ethnic rivalry. Today many "educated" Nigerians, having believed that their traditions were irrelevant, remain completely ignorant of their ancestry and the history of their own tribes.
2. Confiscate the wealth and resources of the area that you govern by any means necessary in order to redistribute wealth. The British used this tactic to present themselves as empathetic and benevolent leaders who wanted everyone to have a "fair shake". Imperialists are not interested in equality for all. They are interested in controlling all.  
3. Convince the masses that your upper-crust university education naturally puts you on an intellectual plane from which to understand everything even when you understand nothing. Imperialists were able to convince the people that their elite university educations allowed them to understand what Africa needed. Many of today's Nigerians-having followed that lead-hold all sorts of degrees and certificates-but what good are they if you can't find a job?   
4. Lie to the people and tell them that progress is being made even though things are clearly becoming worse.  One thing that the British forgot to mention to their Nigerian constituents was that one day, the resources that were being used to engineer "progress" (which the British had confiscated from the Africans to begin with!) would eventually run out. After WWII, Western Europe could no longer afford to hold on to their African colonies. So all of the counterfeit countries that the Europeans created were then left high-and-dry to fend for themselves. This was the main reason behind the African independence movements of the1950 and 60's. What will a post-Obama America look like?
5. Use every available media outlet to perpetuate the belief that you and your followers are the enlightened ones-and that those who refuse to support you are just barbaric, uncivilized, ignorant curmudgeons.  This speaks for itself.

America, don't be fooled. The Igbos were once made up of a confederacy of clans that ascribed to various forms of democratic government. They took their eyes off the ball and before they knew it, the British were upon them. Also, understand this: the African colonial who is given too much political power can only become one thing: a despot.

L.E. Ikenga can be reached at leikenga@gmail.com.

[Zeneta]

I did appreciate Glenn Beck back when he was on Fox. He spoke of these things.

[Fred Nerks]

Excellent idea!

It has to be the Bank Street School where it all started, where William Ayres’ father, Tom Ayres was on The Board and which William Ayres was attending at the time Obama met Tom Hulton outside the Ayres home, and told Tom he had come to thank the Ayres family for the help they had given him with his education. He also surprised Hulton when he stated that he was ‘going to be President of The United States’

https://www.wnd.com/2012/03/postman-ayers-family-put-foreigner-obama-through-school/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_G._Ayers

“Thomas G. Ayers (February 16, 1915 in Detroit, Michigan – June 8, 2007 in Chicago, Illinois) was president (1964–1980), CEO and chairman (1973–1980) of Commonwealth Edison.[1]

Ayers served as chairman of the Board of Trustees of Northwestern University, the Erikson Institute, the Bank Street College of Education in New York City,...”

https://www.bing.com/search?pc=EUPP_COSP&ptag=D060718-A527BF8383E&form=CONBDF&conlogo=CT3335805&q=William+Ayres+at+The+Bank+Street+School&conversationid=

William Ayers, Distinguished Professor of Education and Senior Bill Ayers University Scholar at the University of Illinois at Chicago (retired), founder of both the Small Schools Workshop and the Center for Youth and Society, taught courses in interpretive and qualitative research, oral history, creative non-fiction, urban school change, and teaching and the modern predicament. A graduate of the University of Michigan, the Bank Street College of Education, Bennington College, and Teachers College, Columbia University...

https://www.dcclothesline.com/2019/04/15/bill-ayers-parents-put-a-foreigner-named-barack-obama-through-harvard/

Before I get into the Ayers’ family connection, I want to play a short video interview of Larry Grathwohl. Larry was an “undercover” member of the Weather Underground. The Weather Underground was not simply a second-rate terrorist organization that set off a few bombs. The stated goal of the leadership was to take over America and subsequently kill 25 million people:

VIDEO AT LINK

[ETL]

I did appreciate Glenn Beck back when he was on Fox. He spoke of these things.

Yes, absolutely!

And he did it an entertaining, classroom teacher sort of way. That was good because it kept those folks with short attention spans interested long enough to potentially learn something.

[Fred Nerks]

Obama explained to Hulton that he had taken the train out from Chicago to Glen Ellyn in order “to thank the Ayers family personally for helping him with his education.” What shocked Hulton was that when casually inquiring into the young man’s plans for the future, Obama answered, “I am going to be president of the United States.” As Hulton tells Corsi, “[i]t came across like this was something that’s already been determined.” Adds Hulton, “I was speechless.”

https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2012/03/what_the_mailman_knows_about_ayers_and_obama.html

[David]

But who is the babe in #1258? Either there is more than one image at that occasion or that is not the Getty Image? Because here, her identity looks pretty clear unlike the Getty Image?

[Fred Nerks]

same source, image enlarged

[Fred Nerks]

CREDITS

[Fred Nerks]

Name: Philippe Elias TOUTONGHI
•Sex: M
•Birth: 6 JAN 1899 in Iskenderun, Turkey
•Immigration: 12 JUN 1946 ship “Vulcania”
•Event: Naturalization 8 AUG 1952 California
•Death: 7 JUL 2000 in Seattle, King Co., WA
•Burial: 11 JUL 2000 Holyrood Catholic Cem., Seattle, WA
•Occupation: Language Professor, Gonzaga University
•Note:
PHILIPPE E. TOUTONGHI Born January 6, 1899 in Iskenderun, Turkey; died July 7, 2000 in Seattle. Husband of the late Lorice Toutonghi. Survived by his daughters, Agnes Van Bevern of Hillsborough, CA, Celeste Wolfe of Santa
Maria, CA, Theresa Johnson of Seattle, and Mary Hurt of Malakoff, Texas; sons, Joseph and John Toutonghi, both of Seattle, and Michael Toutonghi of Sacramento, CA; 30 grandchildren and 18 great-grandchildren. Fluent in French,
Arabic, Italian, Latin, Greek and English, he taught French and Latin at Seattle Prep, Seattle University, and Gonzaga University, where he retired at age 66. He continued teaching language arts in California until age 72. A French poet, he received the first prize at the “Academie des Jeux Florimontains”, France, in 1929, for his poem, L’ Immaculee. Recitation of the Rosary will be Tuesday, July 11, 2000, at 11 a.m., followed by the Funeral Mass at 11:30 a.m., BOTH at St. Joseph Church, 732 18th Ave East, Seattle. Interment, Holyrood Cemetery. HOFFNER FISHER & HARVEY Remembrances may be made to the Jesuits Seminary Fund, c/o Provincial Curia, 2222 N.W. Hoyt Ave., Portland, OR, 97210.
- Seattle Times

Marriage 1 Lorice SARRUF b: 4 MAR 1907 in Cairo, Egypt

[Fred Nerks]

Valerie Sarruf was born on April 14, 1940 in Lebanon as Valerie Zelpha Helen Sarruf. She is an actress, known for The Count of Monte Cristo (1964), The Avengers (1961) and ITV Play of the Week (1955).

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0765586/bio?ref_=nm_ov_bio_sm

[Fred Nerks]

[Fred Nerks]

[ETL]

BTW, I'm not much into the Frank Marshall Davis or Malcom-X was Obama's 'true' father stuff. There is plenty of genuine dirt on this communist bastard without having to resort to that. IMO, it soils the rest of the material we have, at least in the eyes of those who don't follow these things very carefully, and/or liberals and leftists, who'd point to it to say we're "conspiracy kooks", or something of that nature.

Barack Obama '83 Becomes First College Alumnus To Win Presidency

Barack Obama '83 became the first College alumnus to be elected President of the United States. On November 4, Obama defeated his Republican challenger, Sen. John McCain P'07, ending a marathon campaign that saw Obama rise from a first-term senator to the nation's first African-American president.

Obama, who was profiled in Columbia College Today in January 2005 when he burst upon the national political scene, transferred to Columbia from Occidental prior to his junior year.

In one of their few joint appearances, the candidates were interviewed in Roone Arledge Auditorium on September 11 at the Service Nation Presidential Candidates Forum.

This year's Presidential election had four candidates with strong College ties on the ballot. In addition to Obama being an alumnus, McCain's daughter, Meghan, is a 2007 College alumna; Wayne Allyn Root '83 was the Libertarian Party Vice-Presidential nominee running with Bob Barr; and Matt Gonzalez '87 ran as an independent candidate on the same ticketas Ralph Nader.

http://www.college.columbia.edu/news/barack-obama-83-becomes-first-college-alumnus-to-win-presidency

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"Columbia College is the oldest undergraduate college at Columbia University, situated on the university's main campus of Morningside Heights in the Borough of Manhattan in the City of New York."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbia_College,_Columbia_University
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From the Columbia University website...

"Obama attended Columbia College from 1981 to 1983"
Source:
http://news.columbia.edu/home/1260
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Bill Ayers' education:
1987 - Ed.D, Columbia University, Curriculum & Instruction
1987 - M.Ed, Teachers College, Columbia University, Early Childhood Education
1984 [he completed degree in '84] - M.Ed, Bank Street College, Early Childhood Education
1968 - B.A., University of Michigan, American Studies
https://web.archive.org/web/20100624090737/http://education.uic.edu/directory/faculty_info.cfm?netid=bayers
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About the College: Columbia College
http://www.college.columbia.edu/about
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Bank Street College
Where We Are and How to Get Here:

Bank Street College is located on the Upper West Side of Manhattan at 610 West 112th Street, between Broadway and Riverside Drive.

Bank Street College is located in a bustling family and university neighborhood four blocks from Columbia University
https://web.archive.org/web/20060406125932/http://www.bankstreet.edu/aboutbsc/visiting.html
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"Columbia College is the oldest undergraduate college at Columbia University, situated on the university's main campus of Morningside Heights in the Borough of Manhattan in the City of New York."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbia_College,_Columbia_University
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[Fred Nerks]

BTW, I'm not much into the Frank Marshall Davis or Malcom-X was Obama's 'true' father stuff. There is plenty of genuine dirt on this communist bastard without having to resort to that. IMO, it soils the rest of the material we have, at least in the eyes of those who don't follow these things very carefully, and/or liberals and leftists, who'd point to it to say we're "conspiracy kooks", or something of that nature.

Liberals and leftists saying we're conspiracy kooks shouldn't stop anyone from looking for clues as to where this fraud came from and who sponsored him.

[ETL]

Liberals and leftists saying we're conspiracy kooks shouldn't stop anyone from looking for clues as to where this fraud came from and who sponsored him.

Obviously not. I've been doing it for years. I'd just rather focus on the things that can more easily be verified. That stuff is plenty bad enough, if people actually took the time to look and listen. I don't think it's wise to climb too far out on thin limbs.

[LucyT]

Fifty years from now, researchers will be in awe of the information you alone have found and posted.

You should be awarded a Nobel Peace Prize, or something...

[ETL]

Fifty years from now, researchers will be in awe of the information you alone have found and posted. You should be awarded a Nobel Peace Prize, or something...

I agree. I think Fred Nerks does lots of excellent, highly detailed, research. Comes up with lots of things that I didn't know before. My concern is only with the "who's Obama's daddy" stuff. Especially since, IMO, it's not even that important, other than it potentially revealing where he may actually have been born.

[Fred Nerks]

Same journey, different paths which will one day converge into the complete story.
Ayres evidently recognized his potential usefulness; the mixture of his African-American fathers’ Pan African dreams and his mother’s Lebanese-Arab ancestry, which led to the highest echelons of Arabian society.

[Brown Deer]

https://www.politico.com/story/2008/02/obama-once-visited-60s-radicals-008630

“I can remember being one of a small group of people who came to Bill Ayers’ house to learn that Alice Palmer was stepping down from the senate and running for Congress,” said Dr. Quentin Young, a prominent Chicago physician and advocate for single-payer health care, of the informal gathering at the home of Ayers and his wife, Dohrn. “[Palmer] identified [Obama] as her successor.”

Quentin David Young (September 5, 1923 – March 7, 2016) was a member of the Young Communist League USA in pre-WW2 Chicago - while attending Hyde Park High School and was close to the Communist Party USA at least until the early 1970s. In May 1992 Dan Cantor held a New Party fund raising meeting in the Chicago home of Quentin Young, “with half a dozen good people present”.

[Brown Deer]

https://www.discoverthenetworks.org/individuals/quentin-young/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/quentin-young-chicago-doctor-and-social-activist-dies-at-92/2016/03/08/444f0272-e55d-11e5-b0fd-073d5930a7b7_story.html

https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/doctor-activist-quentin-young-dies-at-age-92/

[Brown Deer]

Communist Quentin Young with Sen. Barack Obama in 2003