The Clinton's are NOT racist...no.

But they realize that many other are and are actively trying to exploit said bigotry.

And it's working. It always has. If repubs were pulling the same stuff everyone would be calling it out.

Anyway. If it works, why do you care?

Well, he has written two autobiographies.  I haven't read them, but I don't feel like he's trying to hide anything about his background.  I mean, he didn't have to admit the drug thing if he didn't want to, that makes him look quite forthright.

I think Obama's biggest problem is his supporters, in that if they try to shout down anyone who brings up his background, they give the impression that there's something to hide.  They need to take more of a cue from their candidate as far as the virtues of appearing open.

Heh, I don't think I can name what any candidate's mother did for a living.

Obama's life has probably been more discussed than that of any other candidate. It's the subject of a best-selling book, after all.

But in case you are really unable to find the info:

Obama was born on August 4, 1961 in Honolulu, Hawaii to Barack Obama, Sr. (born in Nyanza Province, Kenya) and Ann Dunham (born in Wichita, Kansas). His parents met while both were attending the University of Hawaii at Manoa, where his father was enrolled as a foreign student. Obama's parents separated when he was two years old and later divorced. His father went to Harvard University to pursue Ph.D. studies, then returned to Kenya, where he died in an auto accident when the younger Obama was twenty-one years old. His mother married Lolo Soetoro, an Indonesian foreign student, with whom she had one daughter. The family moved to Jakarta in 1967, where Obama attended local schools from ages 6 to 10. He then returned to Honolulu to live with his maternal grandparents while attending Punahou School from 5th grade until his graduation in 1979. Obama's mother died of ovarian cancer a few months after the publication of his 1995 memoir, Dreams from My Father.

After graduating from Punahou, Obama studied at Occidental College for two years, then transferred to Columbia University, where he majored in political science with a specialization in international relations. He received his B.A. degree in 1983, then worked for one year at Business International Corporation[24] before moving to Chicago to take a job as a community organizer. He entered Harvard Law School in 1988. In 1990, The New York Times reported his election as the Harvard Law Review's "first black president in its 104-year history". He completed his J.D. degree magna cum laude in 1991. On returning to Chicago, Obama directed a voter registration drive. As an associate attorney with Miner, Barnhill & Galland from 1993 to 1996, he represented community organizers, discrimination claims, and voting rights cases. He was a lecturer of constitutional law at the University of Chicago Law School from 1993 until his election to the U.S. Senate in 2004.

So now you know!

I hate this country.