Obama did not have the inner city experience as a child, nor was it in his heritage.
Obama's father was (ostensibly) African. There was no slavery in the Americas in that heritage.
Assuming his father was who is claimed, his was no mud-hut Kraal existence, but the life of the son of a cabinet minister.
Obama's mother was white, from a family of means.
Obama was raised in Indonesia as a youth, the adopted (?) child of Lolo Soetoro. That is another family of means, no street kid, he was educated in madrasas, had a governess.
In Hawaii, he was educated in an expensive private school, where the poor people drove their own kids to school, maybe in mere Cadillacs.
From there he attended prestigious schools, and 'embraced' his 'blackness', which is an affectation at best.
Carson has nailed it.
| ...Carson is spot-on! Obama did not have the inner city experience as a child, nor was it in his heritage. Smokin' up a storm. Thanks for hte info. Obama's white background is something I've known about, but you presented a lot of interesting facts to fill in the picture. Did you read that in Obama's book? How he raised in private schools etc. isn't common knowledge. I'm liking Carson's role as agitator. Hope he stays in all the way, though I support Trump. |
I lived in Hawaii for a year in 70-71 and went to the university as a graduate student. So I also was a graduate assistant. There were the Haole’s and the Kanaks. The Haole’s were the whites. The Kanaks were the Hawaiians, mixed race, etc, which is most of the population. Many of the Hawaiians would rather have black friends than white friends. They were accepted by the Hawaiians more than whites. They really didn’t like white people.
I do not believe that Obama suffered from prejudice in Hawaii. It just wasn’t as prevalent in those days as it was in the mainland. And as you said, he went to a very prestigious private school.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haole
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=kanaka