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Barack Obama is not my hero – Florida Courier

Barack Obama has spent the past several weeks months promoting his political memoir, “A Promised Land.” But the former president’s messaging is out of touch, tone-deaf, and indicative of his personal and class interests. I’m Black and 20 years old. I wasn’t able to vote in either of Obama’s presidential elections, but I can see […]

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