"I am the son of a black man from Kenya and a white woman from Kansas. I was raised with the help of a white grandfather who survived a Depression to serve in Patton's Army during World War II and a white grandmother who worked on a bomber assembly line at Fort Leavenworth while he was overseas. I've gone to some of the best schools in America and lived in one of the world's poorest nations. I am married to a black American who carries within her the blood of slaves and slaveowners -- an inheritance we pass on to our two precious daughters. I have brothers, sisters, nieces, nephews, uncles and cousins, of every race and every hue, scattered across three continents, and for as long as I live, I will never forget that in no other country on Earth is my story even possible.
It's a story that hasn't made me the most conventional candidate. But it is a story that has seared into my genetic makeup the idea that this nation is more than the sum of its parts -- that out of many, we are truly one."
Love him!
If you have a little time, whether you are a Barack supporter or not, you need to watch this speech. Barack speaks so openly and honestly about race in this country (even if it's not what you want to hear). I'm not ashamed to admit I cried a little.
Here's the video.
For more on race or his background from Barack, The Audacity of Hope is required reading. A book written by Barack before he was a politician.
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