One day in 1987, the young American Barack Obama returned to his hometown of Kenya, the first time he returned to his hometown in Africa, which was a journey to find his roots. Here, Obama spent a very comfortable time, but also from his hometown to get great spiritual comfort and inspiration, which became his first stop on the road to president. What was the life of Obama, the first African-American president in the United States? How did he succeed?
Obama's bizarre life
Obama once wrote an autobiography, "My Father's Dream," which details his father's experience with Lao Ao, and contains a strong subjective color. In Obama's account, his father is typical of the American dream, from a shepherd boy in Kenya to study in the United States, then to Harvard for further study, after graduation to return to his hometown to seek the welfare of the local people, and finally because of the persecution of the authorities, he lost his job and died in desperation.
It was inspired by his father that Obama would gradually move from a street thug to a political career, and then he would have the idea of running for president. Obama's description is very unobjective, because the old Olympics are not as noble as he describes. In fact, Lao Ao is a scumbag who wanders in the flowers, and his life is almost spent in scandals.
Born in rural Kenya, lao ao spent his youth in his hometown, marrying a black girl at the age of 18. But after entering college, he abandoned his wife and son for Hawaii, where he met Obama's mother, Dunham. The young and mercurial old O soon charmed Dunham, and the two quickly married and soon gave birth to Obama.
Some time after marriage, the elder O went to Harvard to study, the two divorced for various reasons, and Obama was left to his mother to live in Hawaii. Later, Obama's mother married an Indonesian student, and the Indonesian authorities staged a coup d'état, and the rulers demanded that all the students return home, so Obama and his mother came to live in Indonesia.
Old O'oz had a new love in Harvard, and he took the woman back to his hometown in Kenya to work in the local government department. During this time, because of political disagreements, Lao Ao was attacked by political enemies, quickly resigned, and mixed with other women until his death in a car accident in 1982.
On the other hand, Obama's mother divorced again, the mother and son returned to Hawaii, and Obama was sent to a local private middle school. There are only 3 black people in the school's 1200 students, obama as a mixed race in the school was greatly discriminated against, classmates hardly play with him, Obama was very unhappy.
It was with this experience that Obama began to shift in the direction of. He used alcohol and marijuana to anesthetize himself, constantly causing trouble for others, disguised as a hedgehog to protect himself. This life lasted for a while, until Lao Ao came to see him from his hometown, and with the encouragement of his father, he regained his strength, put away his face, and turned his mind to study.
Two years later, After much effort, Obama was finally admitted to Columbia University. He excelled in school and accumulated many connections. After graduating in 1985, he moved to the community in Chicago, where he worked in the community, mainly helping local blacks improve their living conditions and gain more benefits and benefits.
Returning home for the first time
In 1987, Obama's work in the community did not go well. Because Obama himself is not black in the conventional sense, he is educated by the elite of whites, he is not familiar with the life of black people at the bottom, and he does not understand black customs. Against the backdrop of this shortcoming, Obama was wrong in whatever he did, and to his chagrin, Obama's half-brother sent him a letter inviting him to return to his hometown and sit down. So Obama took advantage of the situation to quit his job, pack his bags and prepare to go to his hometown in Kenya.
Obama's hometown is in a small village in Kenya called Koglo Village. Transportation is not well developed, the economy is not prosperous, and most of the villagers rely on gathering and grazing cattle for their livelihood. Obama arrived home with excitement and confusion, his first return to Kenya in 26 years.
The first person Obama saw when he returned home was his aunt, who had taken on the task of caring for her nephew and niece after her father's death. Led by his aunt, Obama met with seven other siblings who were his half-siblings. Obama and these people had never met, but the connection in the blood soon made them familiar, and Obama found the feeling of "coming home."
Obama's closest elder in the village was his father's stepmother. The grandmother, though not related to him by blood, still made Obama feel cordial. During his time in Cogro Village, Obama completely emptied himself, treating himself like an Indigenous black man, free to enjoy country life.
When Obama returned home during the harvest season, he did not treat himself as a guest, but enthusiastically devoted himself to labor. He helped his grandmother carry rice, clean up the yard, and pick fruit, all of which made Obama, who had never done farm work, unusual, and he threw himself into it, and the whole person's radiance was different.
In his spare time, Obama sat in the courtyard and chatted with his grandmother. From his grandmother, Obama learned more about his father and had a deeper understanding of himself. At his grandmother's place, Obama felt the long-lost peace, he strengthened his inner thoughts, and the future became clearer.
In addition to communicating with his grandmother, Obama is more with his half-brother Malik. The two are about the same age and have a very common language together. Malik had never seen the outside world, and his mind was simple, with a hint of cunning characteristic of a farmer. Obama and his brother were comfortable together, and the two were almost inseparable.
Malik was willing to stay with this brother he had never met. In addition to the instinctive closeness, there were also reasons why the younger brother could provide him with wine. Malik was an alcoholic, drunk, but poverty limited his consumption, and before Obama came, he had little chance of drinking, and when his brother in the city came, Malik often pestered him to buy wine, and then the two of them sat in the field drinking and having fun.
Even after so many years, Malik still remembers the time when the two brothers drank and were happy. After Obama left, Malik was obsessed with letting Obama take him to the United States, eat, drink and have fun, and enjoy a luxurious capitalist life.
The first black president in U.S. history
After Obama returned to the United States from Kenya, his convictions became firmer, no longer bothered by outside criticism, and a new Obama emerged. In the years that followed, Mr. Obama studied at Harvard, earned a law degree, and had brief contact with voter registration. He then began teaching at the University of Chicago, accumulating connections.
In 1996, Obama, consciously prepared for the right period, officially entered politics. He entered the Illinois Legislature from his local constituency, was elected to the Senate two years later, and was re-elected.
Obama has been acting as a bridge between blacks and whites in the Senate, cleverly using his mixed-race advantages to achieve unexpected results and effectively pushing several bills forward. In 2004, Obama entered Congress in the election and became a big man.
Obama has only been in Congress for 3 years, and his identity and skin characteristics have made him stand out and gain a great advantage within the Democratic Party. When the time was ripe, Obama announced his candidacy for president in 2007, and after spending a year consolidating party resources, Obama won the presidential nomination and participated in the 2008 US election.
Obama's campaign was successful because of his mixed-race status, and the campaign team packaged him as a representative of the racial integration of blacks and whites. At the same time, Obama himself has conducted elite education in American colleges and universities, and can be regarded as "his own person", so all classes in the United States are very supportive of him, and Obama has won a big victory in the election.
When news of Obama's election reached the village of Cogro, everyone felt honored and honored, and everyone had an innate affinity for the black president. Obama did not forget his relatives in his hometown, he invited his grandmother to his inauguration, and the grandmother also brought Obama several gifts with a Luo tradition, which was a warm scene at the ceremony.
The news of Obama's presidency was so shocking that people would not have thought that there would be an African-American president in the United States, and Obama's family would not have expected it. After Obama became president, his hometown changed dramatically, and his relatives were treated better, arguably one person ascended to heaven.
Obama sent his grandmother pension money to help her reduce the burden of adopting orphans. Now my grandmother no longer has to work, sitting in the courtyard every day listening to the radio, basking in the sun, and enjoying a relaxed old age. The old man's body is now very tough, no illness and no disaster, the ears are sensitive, and he can't see the old state at all.
At the same time, Obama's hometown of Cogro has become an Internet celebrity village, and countless tourists have come to Kenya to visit this small African village that gave birth to the President of the United States. With official support from Kenya, the villagers of Kogro have jobs and every family has received help from the government. The village's road to the city was also built, and even a hotel was built, and a primary school was established, and the name of the school was "Obama Elementary School".
"Nothing to do with Kenya"
Obama's family and friends, as well as his African brothers in Kenya, have honored and honored him and hope that the president of the United States will bring tangible benefits to him. But Obama himself does not think so, and this period of time in his hometown is just a small spice in his boring life, and it is not worth writing a big book.
Before running for president, Obama presented himself as a "black man", thinking of black people everywhere, and trying to win over black voters. However, when he was successfully elected president, Obama immediately revealed his identity in the media, submitted to the mainstream of the United States, and was unwilling to have a relationship with black people, but instead packaged himself as a "president born in a black identity."
Obama has no affection for Africa, he grew up with an elite education, never went deep into the black community to understand the real situation, he is completely white in black skin. After Barack Obama became president of the United States, he was questioned by the public as not a born American citizen, making a fuss about him as african-American. For his political future, Obama took out his birth certificate and proved that he was a "Hawaiian-born American" and "had no relationship" with distant Kenya.
The president is a purely political creature, he has no personal emotional constraints, and is only concerned with political achievements and his own votes, and which identity is more suitable to use. Black skin is just an external symbol for Obama, he is just used to win public opinion and gain an electoral advantage, as for more, Obama does not care much.
After Obama was elected President of the United States, Kenya was happy from top to bottom. They thought that the United States would henceforth have a better policy toward Kenya and that the lives of the Kenyan people would be better. Now, Kenya's thinking is somewhat wishful thinking, and obama has not treated Kenya much favorably since he came to power, and his position has always been on the side of the United States.
In August 2014, Obama planned to launch electricity assistance in Africa, and Kenya was not prominently on the aid list. As for other areas, Obama has also not given Preferential Treatment to Kenya, and all procedures have to be carried out according to normal procedures, which has not met expectations for Kenya, and he has been criticized by Kenya.
Although Obama did not actually help his hometown much, he shouted loud slogans and often proposed at international conferences to help Africa and help the development of his hometown kenya. However, none of his promises were fulfilled, and in the little waste of his credit, the Kenyan people became more and more disappointed in Obama, and their expectations disappeared.
Obama's team doesn't try to hide his identity and pedigree, but behind such an elaboration, there is always a twist:
"But the United States gave me the opportunity to show my talents, I grew up in the United States to study, the strong political and economic influence of the United States, helped a young Kenyan African-American become president."
Even after Obama left office, he often mentioned his identity as an "American", constantly deepening his impression of the public and making his political position clear. It can be said that Obama's skin color deceives everyone, and he has gained great political capital and the possibility of entering the political arena by relying on this layer of protection.
epilogue
Obama is essentially an American president, but with a slightly different pedigree and skin color. He only represents the interests of the United States, bent on expanding the world influence of the United States, and black skin is only the weapon he uses to win votes, which is the biggest secret of his success. And Kenya is only his theoretical homeland, just his fictitious excuse. Therefore, Obama's return to his hometown in Kenya is more like a dream, and "help hometown" is just a slogan!