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Obama Writes a Letter to His Daughters
Published by Ashley on Saturday, January 17, 2009 at 6:50 pm.Posted by Ashley Slayton for BET You(th) Vote
Barack Obama opened up to PARADE magazine this week, when the mag published an open letter from the president-elect to his daughters Sasha, 7, and Malia, 10. (Click here to read the whole letter.)
In the letter Obama acknowledges that he’s been a bit of an absentee dad over the last two years and that he knows the future famous first puppy won’t make up for all the time they’ve spent apart.
But Obama says he has his reasons for embarking the family on this journey. The family man says he wants better schools, the chance for children to attend college no matter what their financial situation, and for all children to get good jobs with benefits that allow them to “retire with dignity.” It’s his vision for American and his own children’s future. Don’t you wish your dad was this cool?
Hands down, my favorite line of the letter is when he says: “I soon found that the greatest joy in my life was the joy I saw in yours.” How sweet is that?! Obama is going to be a great first father!
What do you think of Obama’s letter to his daughters? How will life in the public eye affect the Obama family? How will having a black family in the White House affect African American society? You tell me.
-Ashley
If the Obama family hasn’t affected the African American community yet, then I sincerely hope that his letter finally has. His devotion to his family shows that there are black men that take care of their families, and that not all black children grow up in single-parent homes. More importantly, I hope that ‘White America’ will get the picture as well.
I agree that they’re going to make an impact on black culture and I LOVE that it will be a POSITIVE one. It’s so refreshing to see.
I myself are glad to see a black happy family that has last,despit of everything that’s going on. And they look so good together and I wouldn’t ask for another President. He is our Future,Present,And Past. This is something that I wont forget.
i myselffeel that they are big girls and their parents has instilled in them that they are loved and that things are going on to the point where he (Obama) knows that things are going to get rather tought and he may just ant to express his love to them and for them to the strong youngladies that they were raised to be and to be themselves and not to believe everything that they hear..
I think its an amazing idea…..It takes a real man to acknowledge his faults
Sasha and Malia wont see the big picture until years down the road probably, but its an awesome idea….dude is a beast
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