"I am the son of a black man from Kenya and a white woman from Kansas. I was
raised with the help of a white grandfather who survived a Depression to
serve in Patton’s Army during World War II and a white grandmother who
worked on a bomber assembly line at Fort Leavenworth while he was overseas.
I’ve gone to some of the best schools in America and lived in one of the
world’s poorest nations. I am married to a black American who carries
within her the blood of slaves and slaveowners – an inherita
