The Emergence of the PostRacial Barack Obama

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Saturday March 15, 2008 · 10:36 AM PDT

2008/03/15 · 10:36

If you have read Dreams from my Father, you are aware of the length and depth of Obama's search for his racial identity. This consumed much of his young life, and was still a strong component of his development in the early Chicago years. His stated reasons for finally making a commitment to Christianity and to Trinity United Church of Christ were very tied up in his attraction to a community, to a tradition, to a sense of belonging, and in so doing he really began to solidify his place in a congruent way. I believe the TUCC experience was a strong component in giving him the understanding and assimilation of the African American experience, which his life had not provided up until this point. His marriage to Michelle was the other major part of that development.

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Monday January 14, 2008 · 8:41 PM PST

2008/01/14 · 20:41

I have loved Bill Clinton since 1990 when I happened to catch him making a speech to a teachers' organization in, I believe, New Hampshire. I stopped dead in my tracks and listed to the whole thing. I knew I had found the guy, the candidate I had been waiting for all those years of unfulfilled political junkiedom. When he entered the Presidential race of 1992 I drove many miles alone across the state of Texas to see him anytime he appeared. I shook hands with him and never got over it. I thrilled to his victory(s), and during his entire time in the White House I supported and defended him against every attack. I liked Hillary, too, but it was really Bill that I connected with.

At the 2004 convention, I was so thrilled when he gave his speech. I kept telling my husband things like, "He's still just the best, isn't he?" And "Nobody can even come close to that. Listen to him!" Well, the next night I heard a speech that was the best I had ever heard since the "I Have A Dream" speech, and it knocked me over. I stood up in my living room, clapping and cheering with tears running down my face, and I knew I again had something to look forward to. I didn't know when, but I knew I had seen the Next Big Thing.

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