President’s Brother: As Young Man Obama ‘Acted Too Black’

NEWSMAX: … [Kenya-born half-brother Mark Obama ] Ndesandjo, whose book “Cultures: My Odyssey of Self-Discovery” explores the complicated relationship between the brothers, said the first time he met Barack, “it was a very powerful meeting.” We had very different views about a couple of things… there was a cultural clash because I mentioned in my book that I felt that he thought that I was too white and I felt he was too black.

“He had been raised in white America and I think he was looking for his African roots as a cultural journey.

“I, on the other hand, had been brought up in Africa — in Kenya — and I had identified with my mother and her western culture. I wanted to explore my western roots… (more)

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