Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance by Barack Obama
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Book Reviews of Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance
Book Review: Black supremacist
Summary: 1 Stars
First of all, it's hard for me to like somebody who doesn't like me (the gun wielding white bible thumper). So, I'll be as objective as I can stand it. Too his credit, Obama has made Jesse Jackson incredibly jealous. I just love that part. Jesse wishes he had the opportunity that Obama has. Jesse is a race baiter, and Obama has avoided that to a certain extent. To Jesse's credit, his son got a beer distributorship for harassing Busch beer. Obama tries to court the hispanic vote by telling Americans (he really means "white" Americans) to learn spanish. Although learning spanish would only benefit Americans and make them understand their own language better, nobody should push anything on anybody. Furthermore, considering the hatred hispanics have for whites in L.A., why should I care about their culture? I don't see hispanics demanding an end to anti-white discrimination. But why is it safe to hate white people but not safe to hate Hispanic people? Is it because white people have thicker skin? If so, it implies white people possess a quality of character lacking in juwes and minorities. That's the message he sends in his speeches. Obama clings heartily to his Harvard education, as is evident by his rhetoric herein and in his speeches. He uses words like "change" but doesn't clarify what "change" means: change for the better or worse? Obviously, he is deferring to Marx's concept of change just as Clinton did a la Carroll Quigley. This shows that Harvard made an impact on his thinking. For this reason, it shows that his thinking is dominated by ideas invented by leftwing juwes and white anglo liberals, neither of which reflects a black American achieving independence of thought. Obama is being marketed as a modern day Frederick Douglass or Booker T Washington. However, they possessed an eloquent writing style. Obama's writing style reduces to leftwing political cliche's and idealistic slogans that can be interpreted according to whatever political party one belongs to. This gives his book a feeling of being ghost written. For this reason, it reminds me of those weird books Pat Robertson (ghost)writes. With regard to his statements about white America, Obama has the tact of a porcupine and can only win votes from whites who have an appetite for self-loathing. Obama had a chance at the highest political office in the land, but has handicapped that opportunity by expressing his disdain for the white Americans. It looks like McCain is, unfortunately, our next president. Having read most of this book and listening to his speeches on television, it seems Obama is preoccupied with reclaiming Israel's dream of dominating American foreign policy in return for obtaining money from Israeli lobbies who will guarantee getting the highest job in the land. I hope the casting couch was worth it. Obama has succeeded in showing that prostitution crosses racial lines when it comes to politics. Speaking before Israeli lobbies, he showed his allegiance to Israeli interests by proving his disdain for white bible thumping Americans who pay taxes that end up in Israeli pockets to the tune of 6.7 million dollars a day.Book Review: Who is Barack Obama!
Summary: 5 Stars
So, who is this Barack Obama who is likely to become the next President of the United States? Dreams from My Father answers those questions in the words of Mr. Obama himself. By now, most people know that Barack Obama is a gifted speaker; but I doubt that many know his talent as writer and story teller. This book introduces us to the difficulties involved in growing up in a multiracial and multicultural environment and trying to fit in. Raised by his Caucasian mother and grandparents, his absentee father was a black African and his step father was Asian. Mr. Obama grew up in Hawaii and Kansas and Asia and traveled to Africa where he met his brothers and other relatives who stemmed from his interesting Grandfather and father. Like his father, he was academically gifted and graduated from Harvard.
I recommend this book to those who are interested in learning who Barack Obama is and where his thoughts and belief's originated from. Through this book I feel like I know Barack much better than I did before. He is a special and intelligent human being whose experiences are varied, unusual and interesting. I can hardly wait to read his other book the Audacity of Hope.
Read this book and you will learn much more about Barack Obama than what is reported in the news. It may change your vote.
Book Review: Insightful look at an intriguing man's search for self
Summary: 4 Stars
I am torn about who to vote for in the upcoming election, so I wanted to educate myself as best as I can about the nominees. I've been impressed with Barack Obama's message, but I thought that reading his autobiography (especially one written before he went into office) would help me understand him better. Obama is the son of a Kenyan man who married an 18-year-old girl named Stanley in Hawaii. There have been many misconceptions about Obama and his family in the media and online, but reading this book dispelled them. He describes his life and upbringing with remarkable honesty, even about his foibles and mistakes. He has a knack for description and capturing a moment with almost Kodakesque clarity. While much has been made in the news about the influence on him of his father and mother (TIME Magazine devoted an entire cover story to her), I can't help but think that his white grandfather may have had a larger impact than acknowledged. Obama describes his grandfather's life as: single mother, hint of scandal, raised by grandparents, realizes he's not the fair-haired boy, that he appears more like a "wop". Substitute "wop" for any racial term for African-American, and you could be describing Obama. The book is compelling, not only to learn about the man who may become the first black President of the United States, but also as a story of self-discovery and the quest for purpose. Book Review: A Must Read
Summary: 5 Stars
This book is a wonderfully written description of Barack Obama's life in his own words. It offers insight into the man who is now the democratic candidate for the president of the United States. It provides the chance to know Barack before he entered politics, as he was just returning to Chicago after finishing Harvard Law School, in a way that generally only old friends or family do. It is a must read for anyone who will be voting in this presidential election or is just looking for a great summer book to read.Book Review: All About Him
Summary: 2 Stars
And, unfortunately, he's not that interesting. If he weren't running for president, I would have chucked the book after Indonesia. Black, white, black, white...whine, whine...yawn.
This man has no acomplishments to justify anyone voting for him.