In a message dated 11/18/2010 9:14:37 AM Pacific Standard Time, millosh@gmail.com writes:
As it is pointed to me privately, I have one corrections and one clarifications:
- First, my impression wasn't that Obama was raised inside of the
African American culture (first meaning). However, it is pointed to me that he was; which means that I was wrong in relation to his cultural background.
- Second, it is obviously not clear that inside of the construction
"which ancestors came there as slaves" I was referring to the culture developed by slaves and their descendants , not to the genes.
This is not correct. Barack was born in Hawaii, not known for having a large black culture. His father left the family early. Barack's white mother, married again and moved to Indonesian with Barack where he lived for some years. He then returned to his white grandparents living in Hawaii where he attended Junior High and High schools.
He was not raised in an African American culture at all.
W
On Thu, Nov 18, 2010 at 20:21, WJhonson@aol.com wrote:
In a message dated 11/18/2010 9:14:37 AM Pacific Standard Time, millosh@gmail.com writes:
As it is pointed to me privately, I have one corrections and one clarifications:
- First, my impression wasn't that Obama was raised inside of the
African American culture (first meaning). However, it is pointed to me that he was; which means that I was wrong in relation to his cultural background.
- Second, it is obviously not clear that inside of the construction
"which ancestors came there as slaves" I was referring to the culture developed by slaves and their descendants , not to the genes.
This is not correct. Barack was born in Hawaii, not known for having a large black culture. His father left the family early. Barack's white mother, married again and moved to Indonesian with Barack where he lived for some years. He then returned to his white grandparents living in Hawaii where he attended Junior High and High schools.
He was not raised in an African American culture at all.
I said to myself that I won't read article about him this time. For me, it is perfectly the same what he is. But, obviously, I have to do my homework in such situations.
On 11/18/2010 11:21 AM, WJhonson@aol.com wrote:
He was not raised in an African American culture at all.
Regardless of whether or not Obama was raised in whatever you consider to be 'African American culture', he has no doubt experienced life in a very different way from someone who has 'white' skin - something he likely shares in common with anyone living in the US who is perceived as non-white. And just as there is no one 'white' culture, there is no one 'African American' culture. Culture cannot be defined strictly by the color of one's skin or ancestral roots.
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