Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance By Barack Obama

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Worth reading about our next president

I have liked Barack Obama ever since he stopped to speak in the small Iowa town that I was living for the past few years. He has a true sincerity that can instantly be felt and he comes across as a very likable person. My Husband and I decided to read this book as well as THE AUDACITY OF HOPE before giving the man our vote and let me tell you I am glade we did. From reading the story of his life you understand how Obama has been shaped as a man and a politician. Every issue that the US is facing today is seen in the life of Barack and his family. The story was very elegant, thought provoking and all inclusive in it's view of the world. Any American can read this book and see there self in Obama's experiences. Based on this book I believe Obama will be a wonderful president of the likes never before seen in these modern days.

Uninspiring....a story about race not in the spirit of MLK...

I am a college educated, bi-racial female in my early twenties and the hypersensitive racial observations found in Barack Obama's book Dreams from my Father left me a bit miffed. It seems his preoccupation with race and heritage are more a symptom of the trauma he felt at his father's absence than an inspirational story as the subtitle suggests. Being bi-racial, I too had an "awakening" of sorts when I realized I did not look like all the kids at school--but my restlessness pertaining to this aspect of my identity vanished before the end of high school and I now see identity more as something a mature person makes of herself rather than something tied to one's racial heritage. In this aspect BO's narrative worldview came off as ridiculous. Each chapter drolls on endlessly with black, white, brown...a category for everyone with blame slathered on the "white folks". Excuse the pun, but I'm not inclined to look to someone with thinner skin than I as a leader.

I am uncertain of where BO gets his sense of whites ruling over blacks given his upbringing. After all, it was his grandmother who sacrificed her golden years to take a job and care for him while his mother was off seeing the world. His grandfather too was supportive. Yet, one cannot ignore BO's loathing "white" achievement and gloating over "white" misfortune. For example he mentions his glee at seeing European shrunken heads at a museum, laughing at this "cosmic joke" and describing the experience as [akin to eating Tiger meat, a form of taking control] pg. 145. Given his own White heritage and upbringing his words sound like those of a spoiled, self-centered brat. Consequently, his worldview demonstrates that he blames the alienation we all feel on the first day of school completely on his skin color and christened it as the scapegoat for all his emotional insecurities for years to come.

About Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance detail

• Amazon Sales Rank: #147 in Books
• Published on: 2007-01-09
• Released on: 2007-01-09
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 464 pages

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