Thursday, May 14, 2009

My comment about an extract about Obama (but now it's finished)

We were told to write a comment about an extract about Obama's chilhood. First of all, I want to say that I don't know much about him.
In my opinion, he would be a good president for U.S.A.; he seems to be responsible and enough brave to deal with the problems a country could have.
It is unbelievable that in a country as U.S.A. people find such a difference between black ones and white ones. In Argentina, in spite of not being accostumed to see black people, I think we don't discrimitate them when they are here. Sometimes, in my point of view, people use to see them as 'odd', but just because there aren't many black people living here. Maybe, they feel a bit discriminated in cases like this, but I think this isn't people's intention.
Well, I'll better continue my post. In my point of view it would be important to mention some of the situations Obama had to struggle with since he was a child. 'Coon' and 'Nigger' are some phrases that were said (and that might be still said) to refer to black people, but in an offensive way. These were words Obama listened most of the time. Maybe, people who mentioned this sort of words don't know the reason for calling black ones like this. This might be a social problem, and they may become familiar with them since their childhood. Obama, and most black people, had to be careful with the words he used while taljing with white people and those he used while talking with black ones, too. This is what made him feel confused with himself. He didn't find the differences between black abd white people, but the society was showing him these differences between them all the time. In my opinion, our country has at least this advantage of not having to handle with this big differences between people. I wish this sort of ploblems come to an end as soon as possible, not only in U.S.A. but also around the world; due to the fact that discriminated people suffer a lot because of it, and this situations are remenbered by them every minute of their life.

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