>Here are a few quotes from Obama's books. Interesting.
>
> From Dreams of 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 of My Father :'I found a solace in nursing a pervasive sense of
>grievance and animosity against my mother's race.'
> From Dreams of My Father:'There was something about him that made > me wary, a little too sure of himself, maybe. And white.'
> From Dreams of 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 of 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 attributes I > sought in myself: the attributes of Martin and Malcolm, DuBois and Mandela.'
>And FINALLY,
> From Audacity of Hope:'I will stand with the Muslims should the > political winds shift in an ugly direction.'
>If you have never forwarded an e-mail, now is the time to do so!!!
>
> From Dreams of 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 of My Father :'I found a solace in nursing a pervasive sense of
>grievance and animosity against my mother's race.'
> From Dreams of My Father:'There was something about him that made > me wary, a little too sure of himself, maybe. And white.'
> From Dreams of 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 of 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 attributes I > sought in myself: the attributes of Martin and Malcolm, DuBois and Mandela.'
>And FINALLY,
> From Audacity of Hope:'I will stand with the Muslims should the > political winds shift in an ugly direction.'
>If you have never forwarded an e-mail, now is the time to do so!!!
