O pequeno Zacarias

Little Zachary was doing quite badly in math. His parents had tried everything... tutors, mentors, flash cards, Special Learning Centers. In short, everything they could think of to help his math.Finally, in a last ditch effort, they took Zachary down and enrolled him in the local Catholic school. After the first day, little Zachary came home with a very serious look on his face. He didn't even kiss his mother Hello. Instead, he went straight to his room and started studying. Books and papers were spread out all over the room and little Zachary was hard at work.His mother was amazed. She called him down to dinner. To her shock, the minute he was done, he marched back to his room without a word, and in no time, he was back hitting the books as hard as before. This went on for some time, day after day, while the mother tried to understand what made all the differenceFinally, little Zachary brought home his report card. He quietly laid it on the table, went up to his room and hit the books. With great trepidation, his Mom looked at it and to her great surprise Little Zachary got an "A" in math. She could no longer hold her curiosity.She went to his room and said, "Son, what was it? Was it the nuns?" Little Zachary looked at her and shook his head, no. "Well, then," she replied, "Was it the books, the discipline, the structure, the uniforms?"Little Zachary looked at her and said, "On the first day of school when I saw that guy nailed to the plus sign, I knew they weren't fooling around."

Dreams from my father - Os sonhos do meu pai

Como começar este meu, nosso blog. Muitas vezes critico amigos meu por reclamarem a pertença de Barack Obama a África. Vejam as consequências que podem dai advir. Se estendermos os nossos braços a ele teremos que emitir direito de nacionalidade a todo Afro-Americano que sem opção viu seu antepassados transportados pela via da escravatura às plantações Americanas.

Mas este livro iluminou-me sobre a vida deste individuo de raça mista … como ele epode ser tudo e nada ao mesmo tempo … sobre o poder da persistência e o efeito da discriminação racial … o meu pai sempre disse, a gente faz do racismo aquilo que nós queremos … então eu nunca fui afectado pelo racismo. Barack neste livro de mode epopeico descreve a jornada de sua vida tocando momentos sensiveis como a descoberta de diferenças e etnicas … É um livro sobre raça e herança … herança porque ele herdou tão brilhante capacidade analitica de um individuo que muito brevemente conheceu.

Este é um livro a se ler