Reply #60: In reality, AA began voting for Barack in large numbers because of the Clinton's rasist remarks. [View All]

[rebel with a cause]

I have met Barack and he has never made light of his white or black heritage. He speaks very loving of his grandparents and the sacrifices they made for him. They loved him and probably spoiled him as only grandparents can. He is very comfortable with older white's because he probably identifies them with those that raised him. He feels very comfortable with AA supporters because they are who he identifies with due to his skin color and life experiences. Children of mixed heritages are much more accepting of those different than them than evidently you are. They live caught between two worlds and have to come to an understanding of their own of who they are. As far as his "embarrassment" over his grandmother, it was not of her but of a racist statement she said. Anyway, children are embarrassed regularly by their parents and grandparents, and they are not all saying racist things. I was embarrassed by mine and my children are embarrassed by theirs. It is a part of life.