Moreover, Obama’s approach to issues involving race has been fettered by his fear, expressed in his early memoir Dreams From My Father, of being perceived (even by his white mother) as an “angry black.” To his credit, however, he has been effective in navigating the racial thicket of Ferguson, Missouri, by turning the killing of an unarmed teenager into a focal point for national action to improve police methods.
此外，奥巴马对于种族相关的问题的方针也因为他担心被人（甚至包括他的白人母亲在内）认为是“愤怒的黑人”而饱受掣，他在早期回忆录《我父亲的梦想》（Dreams From My Father）中表达了这一点。但是，他能游刃有余地驾驭密苏里州弗格森（Ferguson）的种族冲突，将一名手无寸铁的十几岁青年被杀事件转化为对改善警察执法方式的全国行动的关注。