In the article "Barack Obama as the post-racial candidate for a post-racial America: perspectives from Asian America and Hawaii" by Jonathan Y. Okamura, the author states that Obama’s success in running for the US president in 2008 has aroused widespread concern. In the United States, race is a very sensitive topic in public. People have different skin colors in the United States. There is a clear boundary between this and people. Then, Obama’s success broke the impression of African Americans. What makes me interesting is that the Americans suppressed Obama as the "first Asian president." This is related to Obama’s experience. First, Obama was born in Hawaii and spent most of his time in his youth. This also makes Asian Americans affectionately call him "the local."I feel amazed at Obama’s success because the United States is a country with a visible registration system, and whites have occupied a significant position. Also, Obama’s victory has also brought hope to Asian Americans in the United States because he succeeded in breaking the boundaries of colors and became the first colored president of the United States. I chose this picture because the American dream still exists and it never disappears.
- Jonathan Y. Okamura (2011) Barack Obama as the post-racial candidate
for a post-racial America: perspectives from Asian America and Hawai‘i, Patterns of Prejudice,
45:1-2, 133-153, DOI: 10.1080/0031322X.2011.563159
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