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We have a similar situation, and I have that in common with Obama too.  But we went about things differently, Obama and I.


I grew up without a dad like him and bi racial, like him.  My mother hated the native or Spanish side of us and (except the food) did not want us to have anything to do with that part of our lives.  I looked for it anyway, but I looked for the best of it. 


Obama embraced it all.  Gang banger, drugs exc. along with the culture.  I embraced the traditions minus the drinking so much you take a base ball bat to your new car.  I can relate to not having a dad, Dads are important, I can relate to being part of another race that maybe the parent you  do live with either doesn’t like doesn’t accept or doesn’t care about.   He could have embraced his community and culture without embracing the drugs, violence with it.  I did and I am just a girl!


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