More Obama Quotes on his Feelings About White People, Islam and Identifying as "Black First"
“The person who made me proudest of all, though was my [half brother], Roy... he converted to Islam."
Barack Obama’s book,
"Dreams Of My Father"
“In Indonesia, I spent two years at a Muslim school... I studied the Koran..."
"Dreams of my Father"
“Lolo (Obama’s step father) followed Islam. "I looked to Lolo for guidance."
Barack Obama's Book,
"The Audacity of Hope"
“I will stand with the Muslims should the political winds of war shift in an ugly direction..."
"The Audacity Of Hope"
ANIMOSITY TOWARDS WHITES:
"I found a solace in nursing a pervasive sense of grievance and animosity against my mother's [white] race."
“The emotion between the races could never be pure, even love was tarnished by the desire to find in the other some element that was missing in ourselves. Whether we sought out our demons or salvation, the other race (WHITE) would always remain just that: menacing, alien, and apart.”
“That hate hadn’t gone away,” BLAMING “WHITE PEOPLE - some CRUEL, some IGNORANT, sometimes a single face, sometimes just a faceless image of a system claiming power over our lives.”
“There were enough of us on campus to constitute a tribe, and when it came to hanging out many of us chose to function like a tribe, staying close together, traveling in packs. It remained necessary to prove which side you were on, to show your LOYALTY TO THE BLACK MASSES, TO STRIKE OUT.
"Dreams Of My Father" |
