Obama - Man of the People

[philibusters]

I presume this to mean that he was not born into wealth. Certainly a biracial kid from HI who was abandoned by his father and lived in Indonesia during his formative years would not be "fairly average", but he certainly came from less means than some of our presidents (though significantly higher than others, making him financially "average").

You are correct in guessing at my intent. Obama was from a middle (maybe upper middle class background). His step father worked for an oil company and made a decent wage. They were not wealthy, but were probably did a bit better than average.

 

[Hijinx]

You are correct in guessing at my intent. Obama was from a middle (maybe upper middle class background). His step father worked for an oil company and made a decent wage. They were not wealthy, but were probably did a bit better than average.

They dumped him off on his white Grandmother when he was 10.