Nine-year-oldBarackObamawaslookingthroughamagazine．ButtheAfrican-Americanboywasshockedbyaseriesofphotos．Thepictureswereofablackmanwhodestroyedhisskinwithchemicalsthatpromisedtomakehimwhite．

Forthefirsttimetheboybegantodoubtwhohewas．

Howevernowtheboywhousedtostrugglewithhisidentitydoesn’tseeitasaproblemanymorebutanadvantageforhissuccessfulcareer．LastweekObamamadehistorybybeingelectedasthefirstblackpresidentoftheUnitedStates．HedefeatedJohnMcCaininalandslidevictory．

Obama’sstorystartsinoppositecornersoftheworld．HiswhitemotherwasbornintheheartlandoftheUS．HisblackfathergrewupinatinyvillageinKenya．TheymetduringcollegeinHawaiibuthisfatherleftthefamilywhenObamawasjusttwoyearsoldandhismothermovedtoIndonesia．

At10ObamamovedbacktolivewithhiswhitegrandparentsinHawaii．AthisclassawhiteboyaskedObamaifhisfatheratepeople．OutofembarrassmentObamaliedtohisclassmatesthathisfatherwasaprince．“IkeptaskingwhoIamandIendeduptryingdrugsanddrinking”Obamarecalled．

Thingscametochangeaftertheyoungmanmadefriendswiththosewithasimilarbackgroundatcollege．TheirexperiencesbackinAfricahelpedObamatofinallyfaceuptohisAfricanorigin．HeworkedhardtobecomeastaratHarvardLawSchoolandthethirdblacksenatorinUShistory．

AtthebeginningofhiscampaignfortheWhiteHousefewpeopleviewedObamafavorably．Manydoubtedhisunusualbackgroundwhichlefthimneither“black”enoughnor “white”enough．

ButObamaturnedhispainofgrowingupintoatooltomakeAmericansbelieve:“ThereisnotablackAmericaandawhiteAmericaaLatinoAmericaanAsianAmerica．There’stheUnitedStatesofAmerica．”

BarackObama’svictoryis“ahistoricvictorythatpromisedchangeandovercamecenturiesofprejudice．HissuccessfulfilledMartinLutherKing’sdreamthatamanbejudgednotbythecolorofhisskinbutbythecontentofhischaracter”wroteABCnews．

1．Theblackmandestroyedhisskinbecause ．

A．hewantedtobecomehandsome

B．heexpectedtoknowwhohewas

C．hesufferedaseriousdisease

D．hewantedtochangeitscolo