Comments on: My Problem with Barack Obama http://www.gabbingwithgrace.com/2009/03/31/my-problem-with-barack-obama/ From Sippees to Sermons Thu, 09 Feb 2012 21:04:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Forgive me for being an Obama Stalker/Groupie. - gabbing with grace http://www.gabbingwithgrace.com/2009/03/31/my-problem-with-barack-obama/comment-page-1/#comment-2224 Forgive me for being an Obama Stalker/Groupie. - gabbing with grace Tue, 08 Jun 2010 04:08:09 +0000 http://gracebiskie.com/?p=590#comment-2224 [...] I was reading his book last year, I wrote a post about how we experienced so many of the same thoughts & feelings about growing up biracial in [...] [...] I was reading his book last year, I wrote a post about how we experienced so many of the same thoughts & feelings about growing up biracial in [...]

]]> By: Michelle http://www.gabbingwithgrace.com/2009/03/31/my-problem-with-barack-obama/comment-page-1/#comment-328 Michelle Wed, 01 Apr 2009 20:45:36 +0000 http://gracebiskie.com/?p=590#comment-328 HAHHA you're silly. But of course your two stories are different on so many levels as well. You can start with you being a woman, campus minister, giving birth to a male child (having to think through all of that). Of course there are other things too. So, be encouraged and continue on. HAHHA you’re silly. But of course your two stories are different on so many levels as well. You can start with you being a woman, campus minister, giving birth to a male child (having to think through all of that). Of course there are other things too. So, be encouraged and continue on.

]]> By: PeteJ http://www.gabbingwithgrace.com/2009/03/31/my-problem-with-barack-obama/comment-page-1/#comment-327 PeteJ Wed, 01 Apr 2009 02:15:31 +0000 http://gracebiskie.com/?p=590#comment-327 ditto on everything, and I would add you're a Gen X'er. The climate you grew up in is different. The way you see the world is different than him if by generation alone. Understanding race is different for our generation than it is for our parents, imo. Can't wait to read the book :). ditto on everything, and I would add you’re a Gen X’er. The climate you grew up in is different. The way you see the world is different than him if by generation alone. Understanding race is different for our generation than it is for our parents, imo. Can’t wait to read the book :) .

]]> By: Kate http://www.gabbingwithgrace.com/2009/03/31/my-problem-with-barack-obama/comment-page-1/#comment-326 Kate Tue, 31 Mar 2009 17:08:58 +0000 http://gracebiskie.com/?p=590#comment-326 :yeah: well said greatbeard. :yeah: well said greatbeard.

]]> By: TheGreatBeard http://www.gabbingwithgrace.com/2009/03/31/my-problem-with-barack-obama/comment-page-1/#comment-325 TheGreatBeard Tue, 31 Mar 2009 11:29:04 +0000 http://gracebiskie.com/?p=590#comment-325 Gracie, On one hand, I understand what you are saying. I have had none of the same experiences with race as either you or President Obama, but I hear you saying that you are frustrated because he has said a great deal of what you want to say, and you feel as if your voice is, well, already taken. But gracie, my dear, you are something he is not, and you have a perspective he does not -- you are a woman. You are a wife. You are a mother. These are still topics on which you must speak and write. Even if President Obama has said everything there is to say on biraciality within the United States, he has not said anything about biraciality and its connection with feminism or at least a feminine perspective. You still have much to say. Your voice is not silenced! Speak! We who need to listen will listen! Write! We who need to read will read, and your voice will make a difference. Gracie,

On one hand, I understand what you are saying. I have had none of the same experiences with race as either you or President Obama, but I hear you saying that you are frustrated because he has said a great deal of what you want to say, and you feel as if your voice is, well, already taken.

But gracie, my dear, you are something he is not, and you have a perspective he does not — you are a woman. You are a wife. You are a mother. These are still topics on which you must speak and write. Even if President Obama has said everything there is to say on biraciality within the United States, he has not said anything about biraciality and its connection with feminism or at least a feminine perspective.

You still have much to say. Your voice is not silenced! Speak! We who need to listen will listen! Write! We who need to read will read, and your voice will make a difference.

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