Maya Soetoro-Ng On Her Brother As the President of the United States

Posted on November 2, 2012 by John

Back in September when I was at the 2012 Democratic National Convention, I had a chance to see President Obama’s sister, Maya Soetoro-Ng, speak at the Asian American & Pacific Islander caucus. In this Obama re-election web video released last week, Soetoro-Ng shares what it’s like to have a brother who is President of the United States. Soetoro-Ng is half-white, half Indonesian and married a Chinese Canadian,  Konrad Ng. That it why Obama within the AAPI community is often called the first “Asian” president since he has deep personal roots to the Asia and Asian American community, having an Asian American sister and brother-in-law and having lived in Indonesia as well as Hawaii.

Thanks for rating this! Now tell the world how you feel - .
(Nah, it's cool; just take me back.)
How does this post make you feel?
  • Excited
  • Fascinated
  • Amused
  • Disgusted
  • Sad
  • Angry

About John

I'm a Taiwanese-American and was born & raised in Western Massachusetts, went to college in upstate New York, worked in Connecticut, went to grad school in North Carolina and then moved out to the Bay Area in 1999 and have been living here ever since - love the weather and almost everything about the area (except the high cost of housing...)
This entry was posted in Current Events, Politics, TV. Bookmark the permalink.