Dreams From My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance

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	• Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance Barack Obama Three Rivers Press, 2004 - 480 pages average customer review:based on 300 reviews view larger image
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The path of preparation...

This book, which I read twice, helped me understand the background of Barack Obama which has prepared him in a most fundamental way to run for president at this time in history. He embodies unity in diversity from his "black" father and "white" mother, his upbringing in another culture in Indonesia, to his education in a culturally diverse Hawaii, with strong Grandparents representative of American values, and then on to LA and then NY and Chicago. He carries the back African strength that has not been influenced by slavery, and his position now is symbolic and a wonderful outcome to the years of disempowerment the black community has suffered in our country. The book is inspirational, insightful and a real treasure.

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great leader, great background

This will clear up any doubts about the character of this man and his appropriateness to lead our country.

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An interesting campaign memoir with many weaknesses

Obama's story captured my interest, because it reads like a well written novel and it is a little bit exotic -- like anthropology 101, my favorite class as freshman in college. But I tried to read it as a political document that it ultimately is and was surprised in how many places in his writing he left potential attack points lying around for the opposition to pick up, a few examples are the following:

On page 295, Mr. Obama is moved to tears by Reverend Wright's, (yes the fierce anti-American ranter) sermon. He leaves in the worst kind of ghetto language. Such a contrast to when he is speaking from his well written scripts. Does he not realize that offensive words like that have the potential to increase the size of the hidden Bubba vote (voters who cling to their religion and guns not detectable by polls). He leaves the impression that he is forever struggling with his identity (black, white, Indonesian, Muslim, Reverend Wright Christian, Luo tribe in Kenya, whatever). His life is a journey to find himself. Many voters are bound to ask do we want his journey to lead to the White House. Will all the confusion disappear when he deep down asks himself: "Who am I?" and he can finally answer: "Mr. President"!? Or would he still be the Obama depicted in this book. Would he make decisions in the national interest or would they be warped by an identity crises at the wrong time?

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Dreams From My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance

Superior Read! This book allows you to get up close and personal to the Author. Well Done. I highly recommend.

Intelligent, beautiful and touching

The first few chapters reflecting on his childhood are incredibly lyrical and beautiful. Later chapters, on life in Chicago and Kenya, are sometimes painful to read--as he encounters in those years social and family problems not amenable to solutions. In this book you can see the real stuff this man is made of--a thinking person who is deliberate in his actions and capable of inspiring others.

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