If it's as simple as that, then Obama is like you and me. But I read last week that Arundhati Roy said that if he wins, he'll govern like a white man. 
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Quotes about Arundhati Roy
Quotes from articles mentioning Arundhati Roy
I began to have some doubts and they were strengthened by the Left parties...It was only because I had doubts that I spoke up for the Left.
was said
in Rediff
When the police makes recoveries at the scene of a crime they should have independent witnesses corroborating it...and even the magistrate is asking for all documents, for the FIRs, for the post-mortem reports, for the case diaries [and they are] not being produced
was said
in The Hindu
Historically, the world over, police and security forces have done things like that. But I am not saying it is fake. I am saying lets have an enquiry.
was said
in The Hindu
I am just one of the thousands of people who are asking some very serious questions from the police...thousands of people are saying a lot of things. One [of them] is that once the police has killed people, it ceases to be a neutral party
was said
in The Hindu
We are increasingly accepting the fact that we are a police state and this sort of dovetailing of democracy into majoritarianism, into fascism, is something that is a real danger now. I feel that some day, like the Nazis in Germany, we will be called upon to answer for what we have done and why we kept quiet while this was happening
was said
in New Kerala
