Dreams from father

Dreams from My Father In the book Dreams from My Father by Barack Obama, he witnesses and experiences racism when he was in schools in the United States. One time in high school, a white classmate came and greeted Roy and Obama. Obama was angry because he knew that the white classmate was pretending to be friendly. Obama confronted the issue with Roy. Roy responded that "we" have to live under the white men rules and if they are friendly then don't push them away. Obama could not accept this idea. Another time, Roy told Obama to invite two white teammates on the basketball team to join the party that Roy was hosting. Obama invited two white teammates and bought them along to the party. Obama found out that his teammates were not comfortable at the party because it was an all "black" party. When the white teammates suggested that's how Obama must had felt at school, their pity and sorrow angered Obama. Another example of racism at school, Roy and Obama had a conversation about girls at school. Roy suggested that girls at school are racist. He argued that none of the girls want to date him because the girls hated the "black." One way that racism is lessened in American schools is through students' communications and understanding. First of all, affection between students are inevitable in American schools especially between teenagers. Personally, I had a few unique relationships during high school. I was a sophomore at Redlands High School. I was in an English class where she happened to sit next to me. Her name was Karla. She had shiny brunette hair and bright green eyes. Her heritage prevented me from talking to her; she is Mexican. I had no experience with an interracial relationship so I was scared to ask her on a date. However, I slowly became her friend through homework questions and lame jokes. Finally, my chance had arrived when the homecoming dance just around the corner, I decided to take a leap of faith and asked her to go to