tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7906333.post5364344240643564554..comments2023-09-22T01:46:59.110-07:00Comments on Home of the Mandinmories: African Arrivalsousman ceesayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03756128037080964284noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7906333.post-18657118183672692212006-11-03T17:06:00.000-08:002006-11-03T17:06:00.000-08:00Cynthia wrote:
"Although I should add, no one in A...Cynthia wrote:<br />"Although I should add, no one in America really thinks of Barack Obama as an African immigrant. For all intent and purpose, he is African American."<br /><br />That is not what the author said. He used Obama to show the impact of African immigration. For all intents and purpose, this is true. He is not an immigrant but his daddy was an African immigrant. The impact of that immigration could not be minimize in his story either. In fact that is the center piece of Obama's rise to political fame. Remember his address to the democratic national convention?ousman ceesayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03756128037080964284noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7906333.post-7339464956331023512006-11-03T15:33:00.000-08:002006-11-03T15:33:00.000-08:00Although I should add, no one in America really th...Although I should add, no one in America really thinks of Barack Obama as an African immigrant. For all intent and purpose, he is African American. It's actually quite silly to put him in that category. His mother was American (plain and simple). His values would not be the same as someone whose mother's was an African immigrant.Cynthiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01515523400127073358noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7906333.post-57487354617491278552006-11-03T15:28:00.000-08:002006-11-03T15:28:00.000-08:00This is an interesting article.This is an interesting article.Cynthiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01515523400127073358noreply@blogger.com