Barack Obama is America’s first black president of the United States. That fact means racism is gone and out of this country right? The belief that racism is gone‚ that after president Barack Obama was elected racism was a thing of the past‚ is a lie and only hinders the process of reaching equality. What is racism? Well in order to know that one must first know what race‚ ethnicity and prejudice are. Race‚ as defined by Kathleen J. Fitzgerald in her book “Recognizing Race and Ethnicity: Power
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“The quality of a leader is reflected in the standards they set for themselves.” (Rock Ray). Barack Obama is the first black African-American President who was elected President of the United States. He was born to a white mother and black father in Hawaii. Barack is one of the greatest leaders who has many values through which he became the President of the United States. To be patient‚ he is an adult capable to accept problem without becoming upset. He is willing to help by listening to others
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the candidate who spends his/her time connecting with the voters and thoroughly drafting their plans for action‚ have come out on top. Barack Obama is no exception. This Senator from Illinois has spent years battling issues facing the United States. If history does in fact repeat itself‚ the best evidence suggests that Barack Obama is worthy of the executive seat. One of the reasons Barack Obama is seen as such a viable candidate for the upcoming presidential election is his detailed blueprint for
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John F. Kennedy vs. Barack Obama According to the Oxford dictionary‚ a leader is a person who commands a group‚ organization or country. In this case‚ both John F. Kennedy‚ thirty fifth president of the United States and Barack Obama‚ forty fourth and current president‚ were leaders but had different points of views when it came to leading. Even though they ruled over the same country they differed in their views of equality‚ freedom and justice. John F. Kennedy served as president from 1961
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Hawaii‚ Barack Obama is the 44th and current president of the United States. He was a civil-rights lawyer and teacher before pursuing a political career. He was elected to the Illinois State Senate in 1996‚ serving from 1997 to 2004. He w as elected to the U.S. presidency in 2008‚ and won re-election in 2012 against Republican challenger Mitt Romney. President Obama continues to enact policy changes in response to the issues of health care and economic crisis. Barack Hussein Obama was born
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“I suppose leadership at one time meant muscles; but today it means getting along with people.” The great‚ spiritual leader of India‚ Mohandas K. Gandhi‚ tells us what leadership is all about- being a people’s person. Although the characteristics and qualities‚ which make up a good leader‚ vary depending on the person and the situation‚ I do agree with this. Good leaders are not those who achieve success by underhand methods‚ but they are the ones that understand his/her followers before undertaking
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Barack Obama The inauguration of Barack Obama has significantly changed my life. Barack Obama helped me because I feel like I am a part of the political process and that my voice is heard. I have become a part of the political process by contributing to the Barack Obama fund; I now am interested in the government procedures‚ and my children are now involved. I show my spirit with my Obama merchandise ‚ and I was able to go out and convince
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The Life of Barack Obama By: Aeja Hinton I will be talking about Barack Obama‚ our first black president of the United States of American. Hardly anyone would have pointed to him and say “He’s going to be president one day”. He came from an unusual background. He had a strange name. But most of all‚ the United States had never had an African American for president. So in that case Obama made HISTORY. Barack Obama was born on August 4‚ 1961‚ in Honolulu‚ Hawaii
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Whether you like President Barack Obama or not‚ the Stimulus is a very important bill that he passed that saved our country. Very soon after being elected in 2008‚ Barack Obama passed the Recovery Act‚ the main focus of this was to promote renewable energy. One of Obama’s main goals was to double the generation of renewable energy by 2012 (Gillin 1). The Recovery Act is sometimes referred to as the Stimulus package but‚ Obama prefers to call it the Recovery Act because that’s the same as saying
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presidential elect Donald Trump‚ related back to the terrorism issues during Barack Obama’s service in the White House. ISIS is one of the most well known terrorist groups that have executed many maniacal attacks on the U.S. within the past eight years‚ but Obama had the audacity to leave each incident ignored. Barack Obama should have spent more of his effort reducing or removing terrorism threats in America than he did during his presidency because it makes our country a target for other terrorist groups
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