My dear brother Barack Obama has a certain fear of free black men. As a young brother who grows up in a white context, brilliant African father, he's always had to fear being a white man with black skin. All he has known culturally is white. He has a certain rootlessness, a deracination.

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This quote suggests that the individual speaking believes that Barack Obama, the former president, has a fear or discomfort towards free black men. They argue that growing up in a predominantly white environment with his African father has led Obama to have a sense of disconnection from his African roots and identify more with white culture. The person believes that this has caused Obama to have a sense of unease and a lack of cultural identity as a black man.

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