Dreams from my father chapter 9

Obama had a very closed mind in this book. He felt that the Altgeld Garden public housing project was a very grimy building. It was known as "The Gardens" to locals, The landfill was close, so the air constantly smelled toxic. He felt that the building were a dump; a place to house poor blacks. He saw crumbled ceilings, busted pipes, backed up toilets... Repairs had halted altogether. He found out that living there was different for blacks. He basically just wanted to help in any way he could.