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Old 10-16-2008, 11:10 PM
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Default Obama Quotes from book, " From Dreams of My Father "

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Here are a few quotes from Obama's book, " From Dreams of My Father. "

Do you think Rev. Wright helped him with his ideas any?



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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 my

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Old 10-17-2008, 08:11 AM
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I read that the writing style of Obama's book matches the writing style of Ayres.

I'll try to find the link, again.
 

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