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The Barack Obama Phenomenon T he Journal of Black Studies is proud to publish this special issue on the Barack Obama phenomenon. Given Obama's apparent and rapid success in positioning himself as a viable and credible candidate for the presidency of the United States, the editors of the journal feel that Obama's quest for the White House provide scholars with a unique opportunity and lens to examine or reexamine race, arguably the most significant category in American society. It is certainly intriguing that Obama, a visibly Black man, should have garnered so much political support from White citizens and in a country known for its deeply embedded racist traditions. Indeed, according to recent surveys, increasing numbers of White voters have rallied around Obama's candidacy. Furthermore, Obama is also benefiting from the endorsement of financially wealthy White supporters and has therefore established an impressive though unexpected fund-raising record. Some have not hesitated to conclude that this wide and growing White support signals a significant decrease in White racial prejudice and maybe a new era for race relations. However, on clo
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In this essay, Max Joles explores the relations between the typical black autobiographies and the autobiography of Barack Obama, Dreams from my father, a book that distinguishes itself from earlier black memoirs because of the privileged life its author has led. After all, how could someone with access to elite institutions and benefiting from laws of affirmative action still experience the same feelings of bondage his literary predecessors felt? Obama himself realized this and has always been hesitant to place himself in line with earlier black autobiographers. However, as is set forth in this essay, a modern Afro-American autobiographer can still experience forms of bondage, if not physical then mental. Joles tries to see past the more material aspects of Obama&#;s life in order to uncover the grander themes that could well place a modern African-American autobiography such as this one in the black literary tradition.
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In , when Barack Obama was in New York to discuss his plans about writing a memoir, one publisher told him that he ought to write a “typical black” story about being poor and rising from the ghetto of Chicago. ‘I never did take that trip’ Obama replied, ‘but I woul