An article in the Tribune talks about discrepancies in Barack Obama's autobiography. It's an old article but reading through it I found it interesting that he painted a picture of struggling against racism in Hawaii but finding that he fitted in perfectly in Indonesia, learned the language in only a few months and generally had a grand old time.
In truth he lived a privileged life bereft of racism in Hawaii and was something of an outcast in Indonesia- he was bullied, struggled to learn the local tongue and was called "negro" by his classmates.
Astonishing that he misrepresents the truth in such a manner. Is he trying to make America look bad? Conscious decision or not, this twisting of reality is very telling I think.
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He sure ain't no Haole! A friend of our, dark complected with dark hair suffered *none* of the abuse that his blond, fair-skinned brother suffered while attending Jr. High in Kihei.
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