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

Chicago Tribune by Kirsten Scharnber, Kim Barker | Mar. 25, 2007 (News Report)
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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Paul Stambaugh
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 by Paul Stambaugh - Oct. 1, 2008

A indepth look at Obama, with quotes from people who knew him when he was younger. This article seems to mainly be sourced from Obama and his supporters, and the view point seems to surround how the young Obama shaped the Old Obama. Quote: "The teacher, who still lives in Obama's old neighborhood, remembers that he always sat in the back corner of her classroom. "His friends called him `Negro,'."

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