September 17th, 2010
Quotes Straight from the Source
From Dreams from 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 from My Father: "I found a solace in nursing a pervasive sense
of grievance and animosity against my mother's race."
From Dreams from My Father: "There was something about her that made me
wary, a little too sure of herself, maybe, and white."
From Dreams from 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 from 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.........
And most scary:
From The 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!!!
We can't let this man control our country any longer. Vote the Democrats
out in November 2010, and vote Obama out in 2012.
PLEASE help spread the word!
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