A quote from the New York Times:
"But while many whites embrace Mr. Obama's melting pot background, it remains profoundly unsettling for some blacks who argue that he is distant from the struggles and cultural identities of most black Americans. The black columnist Stanley Crouch has said, ''When black Americans refer to Obama as 'one of us,' I do not know what they are talking about.''
Ms. Dickerson echoed that sentiment.
''I've got nothing but love for the brother, but we don't have anything in common,'' said Ms. Dickerson, who wrote recently about Mr. Obama in Salon, the online magazine. ''His father was African. His mother was a white woman. He grew up with white grandparents.
''Now, I'm willing to adopt him,'' Ms. Dickerson continued. ''He married black. He acts black. But there's a lot of distance between black Africans and African-Americans.''
You can find the full article here: http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9905E3DE123FF931A35751C0A9619C8B63
2007-08-06
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