Obama!!!
Barack Obama, the first black man to be elected president in the USA. Nobody really thought the Americans would elect him because of his colour, but despite being black he became president of the USA in 2012. In the essay “Obama!!!” from the essay collection “Let’s Explore Diabetes with Owls” from 2013 the American author and comedian David Sedaris addresses the subject prejudice, between Europeans and Americans and the prejudice that exists when it comes to America electing a black president.
The foci of David Sedaris is mainly on all of our prejudice towards each other, and especially the once the Europeans have towards the Americans people. But the main prejudice is that “Americans are racist,” and “Americans are afraid of anything …show more content…
But are they really afraid of everything different, couldn’t we be the ones to take on that role. In the essay David Sedaris gives an example after party “the National Front, who is a party that blame the immigrants, stop building mosques and wants to take down the EU” (p. 2 ll. 130-133), won a primary in his village. Aren’t we then the ones who are afraid of anything different because prejudice is prejudice but numbers and a won election don’t lie, but tell us about the opinion of the …show more content…
To David Sedaris “I like that he could deliver a speech” (p. 4 ll. 233-234) and wasn’t really carrying about the colour of the new president. But because David Sedaris don’t have that much in common with Obama it doesn’t affect him in the same way it would have if it were a gay president. Finally a minority has got real power and even though David Sedaris can’t even see it himself, the fact that Obama belongs to a minority just like he does, even though they are completely different minorities, he can see a bit of himself in Obama. To others it may be a big deal to have a black president, to have someone that has the same colour of skin as them to rule the country, there can be a lot of acknowledgement in having a man or woman who looks like you in a strong and powerful position which can be a massively inspirationally as
Barack Obama, the first black man to be elected president in the USA. Nobody really thought the Americans would elect him because of his colour, but despite being black he became president of the USA in 2012. In the essay “Obama!!!” from the essay collection “Let’s Explore Diabetes with Owls” from 2013 the American author and comedian David Sedaris addresses the subject prejudice, between Europeans and Americans and the prejudice that exists when it comes to America electing a black president.
The foci of David Sedaris is mainly on all of our prejudice towards each other, and especially the once the Europeans have towards the Americans people. But the main prejudice is that “Americans are racist,” and “Americans are afraid of anything …show more content…
But are they really afraid of everything different, couldn’t we be the ones to take on that role. In the essay David Sedaris gives an example after party “the National Front, who is a party that blame the immigrants, stop building mosques and wants to take down the EU” (p. 2 ll. 130-133), won a primary in his village. Aren’t we then the ones who are afraid of anything different because prejudice is prejudice but numbers and a won election don’t lie, but tell us about the opinion of the …show more content…
To David Sedaris “I like that he could deliver a speech” (p. 4 ll. 233-234) and wasn’t really carrying about the colour of the new president. But because David Sedaris don’t have that much in common with Obama it doesn’t affect him in the same way it would have if it were a gay president. Finally a minority has got real power and even though David Sedaris can’t even see it himself, the fact that Obama belongs to a minority just like he does, even though they are completely different minorities, he can see a bit of himself in Obama. To others it may be a big deal to have a black president, to have someone that has the same colour of skin as them to rule the country, there can be a lot of acknowledgement in having a man or woman who looks like you in a strong and powerful position which can be a massively inspirationally as