“It is the anti-colonial ideology of his African father that Barack Obama took to heart.”

Source: Books, The Roots of Obama's Rage (2010), Ch. 2: The Black Man's Burden

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Indian-American political commentator, filmmaker, author 1961

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“It is the anti-colonial ideology of his African father that Barack Obama took to heart.”

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