http://theuruguaygringo.com/2008/11/12/uruguays-eduardo-galeano-speaks-on-obamas-election/ The Gringo Travel Network Fri, 14 Jan 2011 08:46:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://theuruguaygringo.com/2008/11/12/uruguays-eduardo-galeano-speaks-on-obamas-election/comment-page-1/#comment-39 bob Mon, 05 Jan 2009 11:14:17 +0000 http://www.theuruguaygringo.com/?p=97#comment-39 i would like to remind mssr galeano that there were some black slaves which worked on the construction of the white house however most were skilled workers and were paid. i am sure mssr obama will not forget the significance even though mssr obama was born to a "white" american woman and to an africa father who had volunarily come to study in the usa on a scholarship partly funded by the usa government. it is however ironic that mssr obama sr has an arabic sur name and that the arabs in east africa were involved in the procurement of black african slaves. thank you i would like to remind mssr galeano that there were some black slaves which worked on the construction of the white house however most were skilled workers and were paid. i am sure mssr obama will not forget the significance even though mssr obama was born to a “white” american woman and to an africa father who had volunarily come to study in the usa on a scholarship partly funded by the usa government.
it is however ironic that mssr obama sr has an arabic sur name and that the arabs in east africa were involved in the procurement of black african slaves.
thank you

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