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Authors: Dinesh D'Souza
4
Barack Obama,
Dreams from My Father
, xi.
Barack Obama,
Dreams from My Father
, xi.
5
David Mendell,
Obama: From Promise to Power
(New York: Harper, 2007), 73.
David Mendell,
Obama: From Promise to Power
(New York: Harper, 2007), 73.
6
David Garrow,
Bearing the Cross
(New York: Vintage Books, 1988), 90–91. See also, “Interview: Martin Luther King Comes to Ghana,” Martin Luther King Estate; available at:
http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/artikel.php?ID=53300
[accessed August 4, 2010]; and “Birth of a New Nation: Martin Luther King on Ghana,” April 7, 1957; full text of speech available at:
http://news.peacefmonline.com/features/200909/27185.php
[accessed August 4, 2010].
David Garrow,
Bearing the Cross
(New York: Vintage Books, 1988), 90–91. See also, “Interview: Martin Luther King Comes to Ghana,” Martin Luther King Estate; available at:
http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/artikel.php?ID=53300
[accessed August 4, 2010]; and “Birth of a New Nation: Martin Luther King on Ghana,” April 7, 1957; full text of speech available at:
http://news.peacefmonline.com/features/200909/27185.php
[accessed August 4, 2010].
7
“Malcolm X: Youth More Filled with Urge to Eliminate Oppression,” interview with Jack Barnes and Barry Sheppard, January 18, 1965; available at:
http://www.africaresource.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=266:malcolm-x-youth-more-filled-with-urge-to-eliminate-oppression&catid=85:oral-history&Itemid=341
[accessed August 4, 2010]. And “Jackson to Ask U.N. for Cash to Help Finance Rights Group,”
Chicago Tribune
, December 25, 1971.
“Malcolm X: Youth More Filled with Urge to Eliminate Oppression,” interview with Jack Barnes and Barry Sheppard, January 18, 1965; available at:
http://www.africaresource.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=266:malcolm-x-youth-more-filled-with-urge-to-eliminate-oppression&catid=85:oral-history&Itemid=341
[accessed August 4, 2010]. And “Jackson to Ask U.N. for Cash to Help Finance Rights Group,”
Chicago Tribune
, December 25, 1971.
8
Obama,
Dreams from My Father
, 79, 85–86.
Obama,
Dreams from My Father
, 79, 85–86.
9
Ibid., 87–89.
Ibid., 87–89.
10
“Poet advised young Obama,”
Washington Times
, August 12, 2009; available at:
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2008/aug/12/poet-advised-young-obama/
[accessed August 4, 2010]. See also, John Edgar Tidwell, Introduction to
Writings of Frank Marshall Davis
(Jackson, MS: University Press of Mississippi, 2007), xxv.
“Poet advised young Obama,”
Washington Times
, August 12, 2009; available at:
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2008/aug/12/poet-advised-young-obama/
[accessed August 4, 2010]. See also, John Edgar Tidwell, Introduction to
Writings of Frank Marshall Davis
(Jackson, MS: University Press of Mississippi, 2007), xxv.
11
Obama,
Dreams from My Father
, 90–91.
Obama,
Dreams from My Father
, 90–91.
12
Ibid., 98; Tidwell, Introduction to
Writings of Frank Marshall Davis
, xxvi.
Ibid., 98; Tidwell, Introduction to
Writings of Frank Marshall Davis
, xxvi.
13
Tidwell, ed.,
Writings of Frank Marshall Davis
, 91–98.
Tidwell, ed.,
Writings of Frank Marshall Davis
, 91–98.
14
Obama,
Dreams from My Father
, 97.
Obama,
Dreams from My Father
, 97.
15
Ibid., 100, 103.
Ibid., 100, 103.
16
Chinua Achebe, “An Image of Africa: Racism in Conrad’s ‘Heart of Darkness,’ ”
Massachusetts Review
18, 1977; available at:
http://kirbyk.net/hod/image.of.africa.html
[accessed August 4, 2010].
Chinua Achebe, “An Image of Africa: Racism in Conrad’s ‘Heart of Darkness,’ ”
Massachusetts Review
18, 1977; available at:
http://kirbyk.net/hod/image.of.africa.html
[accessed August 4, 2010].
17
Joseph Conrad,
Heart of Darkness
(London, Arcturus Publishing, 2010), 15.
Joseph Conrad,
Heart of Darkness
(London, Arcturus Publishing, 2010), 15.
18
David Remnick,
The Bridge
, 109–10.
David Remnick,
The Bridge
, 109–10.
19
Ibid., 101, 112.
Ibid., 101, 112.
20
Janny Scott, “Obama’s Account of New York Years Often Differs From What Others Say,”
New York Times
, October 30, 2007; available at:
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/30/us/politics/30obama.html
[accessed August 4, 2010].
Janny Scott, “Obama’s Account of New York Years Often Differs From What Others Say,”
New York Times
, October 30, 2007; available at:
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/30/us/politics/30obama.html
[accessed August 4, 2010].
21
Barack Obama, “Breaking the War Mentality,”
Sundial
, March 10, 1983; full text available at:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2286251/posts
[accessed August 4, 2010].
Barack Obama, “Breaking the War Mentality,”
Sundial
, March 10, 1983; full text available at:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2286251/posts
[accessed August 4, 2010].
22
Shira Schoenberg, “Law Expert: Obama Will Preserve Constitution,”
Concord Monitor
, November 14, 2007; available at:
http://www.concordmonitor.com/article/law-expert-obama-will-preserve-constitution
[accessed August 4, 2010]; and Remnick,
The Bridge
, 191.
Shira Schoenberg, “Law Expert: Obama Will Preserve Constitution,”
Concord Monitor
, November 14, 2007; available at:
http://www.concordmonitor.com/article/law-expert-obama-will-preserve-constitution
[accessed August 4, 2010]; and Remnick,
The Bridge
, 191.
23
Derrick Bell,
Faces at the Bottom of the Well
(New York: Basic Books, 1992), ix, 158–94.
Derrick Bell,
Faces at the Bottom of the Well
(New York: Basic Books, 1992), ix, 158–94.
24
Albert Memmi,
The Colonizer and the Colonized
, 9.
Albert Memmi,
The Colonizer and the Colonized
, 9.
25
Roberto Mangabeira Unger,
Knowledge and Politics
(New York: Free Press, 1975), 4; Roberto Mangabeira Unger,
The Critical Legal Studies Movement
(Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1986).
Roberto Mangabeira Unger,
Knowledge and Politics
(New York: Free Press, 1975), 4; Roberto Mangabeira Unger,
The Critical Legal Studies Movement
(Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1986).
26
Remnick,
The Bridge
, 184–85.
Chapter 6Remnick,
The Bridge
, 184–85.
1
Shiva Naipaul,
Black and White
(London: Abacus, 1980), 15.
Shiva Naipaul,
Black and White
(London: Abacus, 1980), 15.
2
Richard Wolffe, Jessica Ramirez, and Jeffrey Bartholet, “When Barry Became Barack,”
Newsweek
, March 22, 2008; available at:
http://www.newsweek.com/2008/03/22/when-barry-became-barack.html
.
Richard Wolffe, Jessica Ramirez, and Jeffrey Bartholet, “When Barry Became Barack,”
Newsweek
, March 22, 2008; available at:
http://www.newsweek.com/2008/03/22/when-barry-became-barack.html
.
3
Barack Obama,
Dreams from My Father
, 201.
Barack Obama,
Dreams from My Father
, 201.
4
See, e.g., Kenneth Timmerman,
Shakedown
(Washington, D.C.: Regnery, 2002).
See, e.g., Kenneth Timmerman,
Shakedown
(Washington, D.C.: Regnery, 2002).
5
Saul Alinsky,
Rules for Radicals
(New York: Vintage Press, 1989), 3, 184–96; Saul Alinsky interview,
Playboy
, March 1972.
Saul Alinsky,
Rules for Radicals
(New York: Vintage Press, 1989), 3, 184–96; Saul Alinsky interview,
Playboy
, March 1972.
6
Barack Obama,
The Audacity of Hope
, 207.
Barack Obama,
The Audacity of Hope
, 207.
7
Obama,
Dreams from My Father
, 292–93.
Obama,
Dreams from My Father
, 292–93.
8
“Obama Releases 2000-2006 Tax Returns,” March 15, 2008; available at:
http://taxprof.typepad.com/taxprof_blog/2008/03/obama-releases.html
[accessed August 2, 2010].
“Obama Releases 2000-2006 Tax Returns,” March 15, 2008; available at:
http://taxprof.typepad.com/taxprof_blog/2008/03/obama-releases.html
[accessed August 2, 2010].
9
Tom Leonard, “Jeremiah Wright, Obama’s Pastor, ‘Stole my Wife,’ ”
Telegraph
, May 4, 2008; available at:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/1927227/Jeremiah-Wright-Barack-Obamas-pastor-stole-my-wife.html
[accessed August 2, 2010].
Tom Leonard, “Jeremiah Wright, Obama’s Pastor, ‘Stole my Wife,’ ”
Telegraph
, May 4, 2008; available at:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/1927227/Jeremiah-Wright-Barack-Obamas-pastor-stole-my-wife.html
[accessed August 2, 2010].
10
Colin Dayan, “Out of Defeat,”
Boston Review
, September 10, 2008; available at:
http://bostonreview.net/BR33.5/dayan.php
[accessed August 2, 2010].
Colin Dayan, “Out of Defeat,”
Boston Review
, September 10, 2008; available at:
http://bostonreview.net/BR33.5/dayan.php
[accessed August 2, 2010].
11
Hannity
Colmes
, Fox News Channel, March 1, 2007; partial transcript available at:
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,256078,00
. html [accessed August 2, 2010]. See also, “Reverend Wright at the National Press Club,”
New York Times
, April 28, 2008; available at:
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/28/us/politics/28text-wright.html
[accessed August 2, 2010].
Hannity
Colmes, Fox News Channel, March 1, 2007; partial transcript available at:
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,256078,00
. html [accessed August 2, 2010]. See also, “Reverend Wright at the National Press Club,”
New York Times
, April 28, 2008; available at:
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/28/us/politics/28text-wright.html
[accessed August 2, 2010].
12
The Reverend Jeremiah Wright, “The day of Jerusalem’s fall,”
The Guardian
, March 27, 2008; transcript available at:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/mar/27/thedayofjerusalemsfall
[accessed August 2, 2010].
The Reverend Jeremiah Wright, “The day of Jerusalem’s fall,”
The Guardian
, March 27, 2008; transcript available at:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/mar/27/thedayofjerusalemsfall
[accessed August 2, 2010].
13
Obama,
Dreams from My Father
, 116, 220.
Obama,
Dreams from My Father
, 116, 220.
14
Ibid., 299–300.
Ibid., 299–300.
15
Ibid., 307, 369.
Ibid., 307, 369.
16
Ibid., 312–14.
Ibid., 312–14.
17
Ibid., 311–12.
Ibid., 311–12.
18
Edward Said,
Orientalism
(New York: Vintage Books, 1978), 41, 322.
Edward Said,
Orientalism
(New York: Vintage Books, 1978), 41, 322.
19
Wunyabari O. Maloba,
Mau Mau and Kenya
(Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1998), 86.
Wunyabari O. Maloba,
Mau Mau and Kenya
(Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1998), 86.
20
David Anderson,
Histories of the Hanged
(New York: W.W. Norton, 2005), 5; Caroline Elkins,
Imperial Reckoning
(New York: Henry Holt, 2005), xiv. Her numbers have been disputed as exaggerated.
David Anderson,
Histories of the Hanged
(New York: W.W. Norton, 2005), 5; Caroline Elkins,
Imperial Reckoning
(New York: Henry Holt, 2005), xiv. Her numbers have been disputed as exaggerated.
21
Anderson,
Histories of the Hanged
, 5–7.
Anderson,
Histories of the Hanged
, 5–7.
22
Elkins,
Imperial Reckonings
, 304–5, 361. Revelations of abuses in the detention camps later led to their closure.
Elkins,
Imperial Reckonings
, 304–5, 361. Revelations of abuses in the detention camps later led to their closure.
23
Anderson,
Histories of the Hanged
, 78.
Anderson,
Histories of the Hanged
, 78.
24
B. A. Ogot and W. R. Ochieng,
Decolonization and Independence in Kenya
(London: James Currey, 1995), 40.
B. A. Ogot and W. R. Ochieng,
Decolonization and Independence in Kenya
(London: James Currey, 1995), 40.
25
Ben Macintyre and Paul Orengoh, “Beatings and Abuse Made Barack Obama’s Grandfather Loathe the British,”
Times
, December 3, 2008; available at:
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/africa/article5276010.ece
[accessed August 2, 2010]. See also, Obama,
Dreams from My Father
, 418.
Ben Macintyre and Paul Orengoh, “Beatings and Abuse Made Barack Obama’s Grandfather Loathe the British,”
Times
, December 3, 2008; available at:
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/africa/article5276010.ece
[accessed August 2, 2010]. See also, Obama,
Dreams from My Father
, 418.
26
Obama,
Dreams from My Father
, 406–7, 414, 417.
Obama,
Dreams from My Father
, 406–7, 414, 417.
27
Ibid., 406.
Ibid., 406.
28
Ibid., 341–44.
Ibid., 341–44.
29
Ibid., 356.
Ibid., 356.
30
Ibid., 394.
Ibid., 394.
31
Ibid., 396.
Ibid., 396.
32
Ibid., 376–77.
Ibid., 376–77.
33
Ibid., 367–68.
Ibid., 367–68.
34
Ibid., 425–27.
Ibid., 425–27.
35
Ibid., 429–30.
Ibid., 429–30.
36
Ibid., xv.
Chapter 7Ibid., xv.
1
“Jackson Apologizes for ‘Crude’ Obama Remarks,” CNN, July 9, 2008; available at:
http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/07/09/jesse.jackson.comment/
[accessed August 2, 2010].
“Jackson Apologizes for ‘Crude’ Obama Remarks,” CNN, July 9, 2008; available at:
http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/07/09/jesse.jackson.comment/
[accessed August 2, 2010].
2
Krissah Thompson, “Activist Al Sharpton Takes on New Role as Administration Ally,”
Washington Post
, April 17, 2010; available at:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/04/16/AR2010041602381.html
[accessed August 2, 2010].
Krissah Thompson, “Activist Al Sharpton Takes on New Role as Administration Ally,”
Washington Post
, April 17, 2010; available at:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/04/16/AR2010041602381.html
[accessed August 2, 2010].
3
Barack Obama,
The Audacity of Hope
, 287.
Barack Obama,
The Audacity of Hope
, 287.
4
Michelle Obama, Interview with Steve Croft,
60 Minutes
, CBS, February 11, 2007; video available at:
http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=2454398n&tag=related
;photovideo [accessed August 2, 2010].
Michelle Obama, Interview with Steve Croft,
60 Minutes
, CBS, February 11, 2007; video available at:
http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=2454398n&tag=related
;photovideo [accessed August 2, 2010].
5
Andrew Kull,
The Color-Blind Constitution
(Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1992), viii, 183.
Andrew Kull,
The Color-Blind Constitution
(Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1992), viii, 183.
6
Frantz Fanon,
Toward the African Revolution
(New York: Grove Press, 1967), 33, 35, 43, 66, 81, 105; and
The Wretched of the Earth
, 37, 39, 53.
Frantz Fanon,
Toward the African Revolution
(New York: Grove Press, 1967), 33, 35, 43, 66, 81, 105; and
The Wretched of the Earth
, 37, 39, 53.
7
Dinitia Smith, “No Regrets for a Love of Explosives,”
New York Times
, September 11, 2001; available at:
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/09/11/books/no-regrets-for-love-explosives-memoir-sorts-war-protester-talks-life-with.html
[accessed August 3, 2010].
Dinitia Smith, “No Regrets for a Love of Explosives,”
New York Times
, September 11, 2001; available at:
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/09/11/books/no-regrets-for-love-explosives-memoir-sorts-war-protester-talks-life-with.html
[accessed August 3, 2010].
8
Bill Ayers, letter to the
New York Times
, September 15, 2001; available at:
http://billayers.wordpress.com/2008/04/21/clarifying-the-facts-a-letter-to-the-new-york-times-9-15-2001/
[accessed August 3, 2010]; Bill Ayers,
Fugitive Days
(Boston: Beacon Press, 2009), 61, 241.
Bill Ayers, letter to the
New York Times
, September 15, 2001; available at:
http://billayers.wordpress.com/2008/04/21/clarifying-the-facts-a-letter-to-the-new-york-times-9-15-2001/
[accessed August 3, 2010]; Bill Ayers,
Fugitive Days
(Boston: Beacon Press, 2009), 61, 241.
9
Frantz Fanon,
Black Skin, White Masks
, 2–3, 29, 91.
Frantz Fanon,
Black Skin, White Masks
, 2–3, 29, 91.
10
Saul Alinsky,
Rules for Radicals
, 70, 184–87, 195.
Saul Alinsky,
Rules for Radicals
, 70, 184–87, 195.
11
Shelby Steele,
A Bound Man
(New York: Free Press, 2008).
Shelby Steele,
A Bound Man
(New York: Free Press, 2008).
12
“Obama regrets his attack on ‘stupid’ police for ‘racist’ arrest of Harvard scholar,” London
Daily Mail
, July 25, 2009; available at:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1201199/Obama-regrets-attack-stupid-police-racist-arrest-Harvard-scholar.html
[accessed August 3, 2010].
“Obama regrets his attack on ‘stupid’ police for ‘racist’ arrest of Harvard scholar,” London
Daily Mail
, July 25, 2009; available at:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1201199/Obama-regrets-attack-stupid-police-racist-arrest-Harvard-scholar.html
[accessed August 3, 2010].
13
Obama,
The Audacity of Hope
, 11, 247; Lexington, “Angry White Men,”
The Economist
, March 4, 2010, p. 46; available at:
http://www.economist.com/blogs/lexington/2010/03/angry_white_men_and_obama
.
Obama,
The Audacity of Hope
, 11, 247; Lexington, “Angry White Men,”
The Economist
, March 4, 2010, p. 46; available at:
http://www.economist.com/blogs/lexington/2010/03/angry_white_men_and_obama
.
14
Jennifer Senior, “Dreaming of Obama,”
New York
magazine, September 24, 2006; available at:
http://nymag.com/news/politics/21681/
[accessed August 3, 2010].
Jennifer Senior, “Dreaming of Obama,”
New York
magazine, September 24, 2006; available at:
http://nymag.com/news/politics/21681/
[accessed August 3, 2010].
15
Obama,
The Audacity of Hope
, 37.
Obama,
The Audacity of Hope
, 37.
16
David Callahan, “Traitors to Their Class,”
The New Republic
, June 25, 2010, p. 13; available at:
http://www.tnr.com/article/politics/75615/traitors-their-class
[accessed August 9, 2010].
David Callahan, “Traitors to Their Class,”
The New Republic
, June 25, 2010, p. 13; available at:
http://www.tnr.com/article/politics/75615/traitors-their-class
[accessed August 9, 2010].
17
Obama,
The Audacity of Hope
, 18.
Obama,
The Audacity of Hope
, 18.
18
Don Terry, “The Skin Game,”
Chicago Tribune Magazine
, October 24, 2004; available at:
http://www.chicagotribune.com/chi-0410240530oct24,0,6470102.story
[accessed August 3, 2010]. See also, Xuan Thai and Ted Barrett, “Biden’s Description of Obama Draws Scrutiny,” CNN, posted February 9, 2007; available at:
http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/01/31/bidenobama/
[accessed August 3, 2010].
Don Terry, “The Skin Game,”
Chicago Tribune Magazine
, October 24, 2004; available at:
http://www.chicagotribune.com/chi-0410240530oct24,0,6470102.story
[accessed August 3, 2010]. See also, Xuan Thai and Ted Barrett, “Biden’s Description of Obama Draws Scrutiny,” CNN, posted February 9, 2007; available at:
http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/01/31/bidenobama/
[accessed August 3, 2010].
19
Joann Price,
Barack Obama
(Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press, 2008), 61; David Mendell,
Obama: From Promise to Power
, 10.
Joann Price,
Barack Obama
(Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press, 2008), 61; David Mendell,
Obama: From Promise to Power
, 10.
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