I always used to say hybrids would rule the world - people who have an understanding of many cultures and can relate to them with ease. And then along came Obama.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
So American culture is itself a hybrid and lends itself to use in other people's hybrids.
Obama's entire foreign policy was predicated on the notion that by existing, he would bridge all gaps and bury all hatchets. Instead, the Muslim world burns his picture even as he tells them he respects their radicalism. It turns out that diversity is a one-way street for the devotees of global Islam.
President Obama celebrates diversity, yet instinctively seeks common ground and builds on that common ground to make progress.
Hybridity keeps me from being rigid about most things. It has taught me to appreciate the contradictions in the world and in my life. I scavenge from the best.
During his public life, Barack Obama has often referred to his biracial background and itinerant childhood and has said, 'In no other country on Earth is my story even possible.' True.
When Barack Obama was elected, it immediately brought out all the differences in society.
The individual who can do something that the world wants done will, in the end, make his way regardless of his race.
In order to be universal, you have to be rooted in your own culture.
It's really important to share the idea that being different might feel like a problem at the time, but ultimately diversity is a strength.
All the traditional westerns are about choice and the individual. When progress comes it's much more difficult to define the individual in that world.
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