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Soaphead Racial Discrimination
Instead of claiming that white people are the cause of discrimination against African American, Soaphead thinks that black people are the cause of it because they are the ones with flaws. His opinion demonstrates self-hatred African American used to have. One of the reason African American hated themselves is because majority of the public hated them too, so they felt worthless and began to hate themselves. this is relevant to Obama's comment on race relation as it shows that race is a “divisive force in our society.” In contrast to the past, many white people do not hate African American in the present, some even support them, also African American nowadays are proud of themselves and stand up for themselves, which proves Obama's comment “race

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