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89 encountered race hatred: Ibid., 19–20.
90 “the condition of the black race”: Ibid., 21.
90 Obama only imagines their reaction: Ibid., 17–18.
91 “I am a little dubious”: David Mendell, Obama: From Promise to Power (New York: Amistad, 2007), 29.
91 “weren’t happy with the idea”: Obama, Dreams from My Father, 125.
92 “he didn’t want the Obama blood sullied”: Ibid., 126.
93 “grande dame of escrow”: Dan Nakaso, “Obama’s Tutu a Hawaii Banking Female Pioneer,” Honolulu Advertiser, March 30, 2008.
99 Like some Javanese: Indonesians are addressed by their first name, usually preceded by a title—never by their last name, if they have one. The Indonesian equivalent of Mr. is Bapak, meaning “father,” or its abbreviated form, Pak, as in Pak Soetoro. The title is an expression of respect for age, position, and other attributes. Sometimes the name is shortened, as in Pak Harto for Soeharto. The equivalent of Mrs. is Ibu, meaning “mother” or “married woman,” or Bu, as in Bu Ann. However, because I have written this book in English and many of the names are Western, I have tended to use, for consistency’s sake and where possible, surnames on subsequent references. For family members of Ann Dunham, I have often used first names.
100 “beyond her parents’ reach”: Obama, Dreams from My Father, 42.
102 “choked with bodies”: Adam Schwarz, A Nation in Waiting, 21.
102 “one of the worst mass murders”: Ibid., 20.
103 married on March 5, 1964: Date given on passport application filled out by Ann Dunham in early 1980s, from her personal papers.
CHAPTER FOUR. INITIATION IN JAVA
The description of Jakarta and Indonesia in the late 1960s and early 1970s and details of Ann’s life there come from interviews with Halimah Bellows, Halimah Brugger, Elizabeth Bryant, Bill Collier, Stephen des Tombes, Michael Dove, Rens Heringa, Ikranagara, Kay Ikranagara, Samardal Manan, Wahyono Martowikrido, John McGlynn, Saman, Garrett and Bronwen Solyom, Sumastuti Sumukti, and Yang Suwan. I also relied on A History of Modern Indonesia by Adrian Vickers and A Nation in Waiting by Adam Schwarz. On the subject of Ann’s employment, I am indebted to Irwan Holmes, Kay Ikranagara, Trusti Jarwadi, Leonard Kibble, Samardal Manan, Felina Pramono, Joseph Sigit, Sudibyo Siyam, and Stephen des Tombes. Information on the Institute for Management Education and Development also came from the archives of the Ford Foundation. For the facts of Lolo’s work, I relied on his brother-in-law, Trisulo, and on Sonny Trisulo, Lolo’s nephew. Insight into Ann as a parent came from her children as well as from Richard Hook, Kay Ikranagara, Don Johnston, Saman, Julia Suryakusuma, and Kadi Warner, among others.
108 “join in the killings”: Adrian Vickers, A History of Modern Indonesia, 158.
111 Indonesia’s Prague Spring: Schwarz, A Nation in Waiting, 33.
115 “The Indonesian businessmen”: Obama, Dreams from My Father, 43.
124 “They are not my people”: Ibid., 47.
124 Ann’s loneliness was a constant: Ibid., 42–43.
126 “power had taken Lolo”: Ibid., 45.
128 “She loved to take children”: Obama, The Audacity of Hope, 205.
129 “you’re going to need some values”: Obama, Dreams from My Father, 49.
129 ideal human virtues: Koentjaraningrat, Javanese Culture, 122.
133 “I was an American, she decided”: Obama, Dreams from My Father, 47.
133 “no picnic for me either, buster”: Ibid., 48.
134 “in Hawaii very soon—a year, tops”: Ibid., 54.
134 “never would have made the trip”: Obama, The Audacity of Hope, 273.
CHAPTER FIVE. TRESPASSERS WILL BE EATEN
For the details of Ann’s 1973 bus trip, I relied on her letter to Bill Byers and interviews with Jon Payne and Arlene Payne. The information on Ann’s life as a graduate student came from Benji Bennington, Evelyn Caballero, Alice Dewey, Mendl Djunaidy, Ben Finney, Jean Kennedy, John Raintree, Garrett and Bronwen Solyom, Kadi Warner, and Brent Watanabe. For the sections on her experiences in Jakarta and Yogyakarta in the mid-1970s, I spoke with Rens Heringa, Terence