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The system let Obama be president. But he still may not be able to beat it
Even if he is pushing the US in the right direction, it is unlikely to be far or fast enough in a political culture resisting reform

Gary Younge
The Guardian, Monday 12 October 2009
 

At an election night party during the primaries last year I made a throwaway comment disparaging those who believed Barack Obama's mixed-race identity gave him a unique understanding of America's racial problems.

"It does," said one woman.

I explained that I was joking. She was not. "It really does," she continued. "He knows how black people think and he knows how white people think."

 

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Musing on the Nobel Award for Obama

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  Sipa Yankey: Ministerial position means nothing to me

Accra, Oct 12, Ghanadot - The resigned Minister of Health, Dr George Sipa Yankey has stated that his decision to resign from his position is mainly to “fight” the Mabey and Johnson case and also to ensure that the focus of the NDC government ...More
   

Prez Mills accepts resignation of ministers

Accra, Oct 12, Ghanadot - President John Evans Atta Mills has accepted the resignation of two Ministers of State, Dr. George Sipa Yankey, Minister of Health and Mr. Amandu Siedu, Minister of State at the Presidency, following the bribery allegations in the Mabey and Johnson case.
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A book review: Kpawo-Kpawo Toi Kpawo

Review, Oct 12, Ghanadot - This book is a mouth-watering invitation you cannot but accept. It is aspects of Ga way of life handed down from the dim twilight of prehistoric centuries and encapsulated in one compact volume.
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