On Thu, Nov 18, 2010 at 20:21, <wjhon...@aol.com> wrote: > In a message dated 11/18/2010 9:14:37 AM Pacific Standard Time, > mill...@gmail.com writes: >> As it is pointed to me privately, I have one corrections and one >> clarifications: >> * First, my impression wasn't that Obama was raised inside of the >> African American culture (first meaning). However, it is pointed to me >> that he was; which means that I was wrong in relation to his cultural >> background. >> * Second, it is obviously not clear that inside of the construction >> "which ancestors came there as slaves" I was referring to the culture >> developed by slaves and their descendants , not to the genes. > > This is not correct. Barack was born in Hawaii, not known for having a > large black culture. His father left the family early. Barack's white > mother, > married again and moved to Indonesian with Barack where he lived for some > years. He then returned to his white grandparents living in Hawaii where he > attended Junior High and High schools. > > He was not raised in an African American culture at all.
I said to myself that I won't read article about him this time. For me, it is perfectly the same what he is. But, obviously, I have to do my homework in such situations. _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
