Barack Obama As President

Paper Summary:

The paper discusses Barack Obama's feelings about his black heritage and his white family as well as his reasons for running for president. The paper considers what his election would mean for the United States and concludes that Obama's election as president would signal an important watershed in race relations and political policy in the United States.

Outline:
Introduction
What Does Obama Think About Being Black?
Was Obama Ashamed of his White Mother and Grandparents, or Were They Ashamed of Him?
Why is Barack Obama Running for President?
What would Barack Obama's Election Mean to the United States?
Conclusion

From the Paper:

"Obama's thoughts on being black are revealed in his autobiography, Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance. In Dreams from my Father, Obama describes his life up to the time he enters Harvard Law School.
"Obama was born to a black father, Harvard University-educated economist Barack Hussein Obama, Sr., of Kenya, and a white mother, Ann Dunham. His parents divorced when he was four, and his mother married Indonesian Lolo Seotorio. His new family moved from Hawaii to Jakarta, Indonesia, where he lived until he was ten. His birth father was absent for most of his young life. Barack Obama moved back to Hawaii when he was ten, and saw his father for the last time before his father was killed in a car accident in 1982. He went on to enroll in Occidental College, and later transferred to Columbia College at Columbia University."

Sample of Sources Used:

• CNN.com. 2007. Obama declares he's running for president. POSTED: 1:32 p.m. EDT, May 2, 2007. http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/02/10/obama.president/index.html
• Obama, Barack. 2004. Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance. Three Rivers Press.
• Payne, Les. 2007. In One Country, a Dual Audience. Newsday, August 19, 2007.
• The New York Observer. Does Obama's Being Half-Black Make Him More Acceptable? Letter to the Editor. January 8, 2007. http://www.observer.com/node/33635

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