The untouchable love of race in Inheritance.
Have you ever knew somebody conceived as an African American in the early eighteen century, nineteenth century, that automatically meant two things: discrimination and scarce education opportunities?. I have, Regardless of it being very obvious that some people had a diverse family, that show any sign of African blood meant that they were to be conserved as a Negro. Let along, it seemed difficult to overcome the usual racist attitudes of the times, there were two men in particular who refused to take no for an answer. These men are Frederick Douglass and Barack Obama. They have overcame their childhood trauma, and figured out that their own racial identities are battled against a largely racist political society. They didn’t allow nothing to get in their way the hard work in success they put in life. Both Douglass and Obama …show more content…
Just like Douglass, Obama was very few, if any, memories and experiences with his father. In his autobiography “Dreams From My Father” he states:
“At the time of his death, my father remained a myth to me, both more and less than a man. He had left Hawaii back in 1963, when I was only two years old, so that as a child I knew him only through the stories that my mother and grandmother told.” (Dreams from My Father, 5)
Similar to Frederick Douglass, Obama had no first hand experiences with his father since he was born and to think back on. He had to rely only on the opinions and stories from his mother grandparents. Additionally, Obama’s memory of his father is to small that he would thinks of his father during this time as a “myth”, like a well-known story based on legends or something false. He had his views on his father as a complete stranger since he was born. Frederick Douglass’s had a viewpoint on the death of his mother that is written in very similar terms. Douglass
Have you ever knew somebody conceived as an African American in the early eighteen century, nineteenth century, that automatically meant two things: discrimination and scarce education opportunities?. I have, Regardless of it being very obvious that some people had a diverse family, that show any sign of African blood meant that they were to be conserved as a Negro. Let along, it seemed difficult to overcome the usual racist attitudes of the times, there were two men in particular who refused to take no for an answer. These men are Frederick Douglass and Barack Obama. They have overcame their childhood trauma, and figured out that their own racial identities are battled against a largely racist political society. They didn’t allow nothing to get in their way the hard work in success they put in life. Both Douglass and Obama …show more content…
Just like Douglass, Obama was very few, if any, memories and experiences with his father. In his autobiography “Dreams From My Father” he states:
“At the time of his death, my father remained a myth to me, both more and less than a man. He had left Hawaii back in 1963, when I was only two years old, so that as a child I knew him only through the stories that my mother and grandmother told.” (Dreams from My Father, 5)
Similar to Frederick Douglass, Obama had no first hand experiences with his father since he was born and to think back on. He had to rely only on the opinions and stories from his mother grandparents. Additionally, Obama’s memory of his father is to small that he would thinks of his father during this time as a “myth”, like a well-known story based on legends or something false. He had his views on his father as a complete stranger since he was born. Frederick Douglass’s had a viewpoint on the death of his mother that is written in very similar terms. Douglass