Identity and Race Relations in Barack Obama’s “Dreams from my Father” (1995)
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2021-06
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UNIVERSITY OF MOHAMED BOUDIAF
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This dissertation studies the memoir Dreams from my Father (1995)، a story of race and
inheritance by the US previous president Barack Obama، in which he narrates his
autobiography and his journey to search for the true meaning of his life as a black American in
a racist society that used to care only about whites. The purpose behind this study is to explain
the notion of identity; which is the main key to understand the different circumstances that
shaped the character of the writer as a son of an African Kenyan father، who is from the lower
segment of the middle class. In addition to evaluating Obama's confessions through the events
of the memoir، and which reflect the identity issues، besides the feeling of injustice and
marginalization among the black community that feels discontent with the racism conditions
to which blacks are always exposed، in the American society. Dreams from my Father gives a
rich and important experience of the self-discovery battle and answers the question of identity
and the psychological and social conflicts related to ethnic groups that are prone to racism.
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Keywords: Identity. racism.black American