The not-so-simple story of Barack Obama's youth

Shaped by different worlds, an outsider found ways to fit in.

HONOLULU -- The life stories, when the presidential candidate tells them, have a common theme: the quest to belong. 

A boy wants to find his place in a family where he is visibly different: chubby where others are thin, dark where others are light.

A youth living in a distant land searches and finds new friends, a new language and a heartbreaking lesson about his identity in the pages of an American magazine.

A young black man ... Full Story »

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Carol Colombo
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by Carol Colombo - Oct. 1, 2008

Through corroborating and disconfirming Obama’s book version of his youth, this article provides insight into the social-psychological make-up of the candidate.

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