tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7163441833245663827.post7515365962324282935..comments2024-03-28T10:49:14.510-05:00Comments on Horizons: Asian Influences on Our African American PresidentNancy LeTourneauhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12614317154146836694noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7163441833245663827.post-63983838815452590782015-12-30T09:38:47.851-06:002015-12-30T09:38:47.851-06:00One of the most influential historical writers in ...One of the most influential historical writers in the Netherlands described the Javanese as "docile".<br /><br />This is why I (as a Dutch person) need other perspectives - to get past this colonial vision ...Toon Moenehttp://moene.org/~toonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7163441833245663827.post-3510185579736634662015-12-22T11:09:40.914-06:002015-12-22T11:09:40.914-06:00This also seems to track with what a black man has...This also seems to track with what a black man has to do to get respect in America. If he internalized the Javanese ways in his youth, they certainly served him in adulthood.<br /><br />Though I also like to think that it is also largely Obama's nature to see the good in others; once you do that it's difficult to see them as enemies, but rather people to work with. How much of that can even be taught, how much is simply innate?King Beauregardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04043228078537079759noreply@blogger.com