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“Vote (for) Obama! He looks like me!”

Race Card Tagged With: adoptive father, age 8, bi-racial, child, election, Iowa, Jessica Sheffield, Obama, Vote 1 Comment

Jessica Sheffield Age 8 Iowa Jessica Sheffield at age 8 as quoted by her adoptive father, Val Sheffield at the University of Iowa He wonders, “Should I be happy or dismayed by this comment?”

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