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10/24/09
And no the First Lady's race doesn't define her but it shouldn't be treated as some malady to be ignored. #michelleobama
10/23/09
10/23/09
Ah, nice to see that there are women and there are those other people who seem like women, only darker. Screw you, USA Today. #michelleobama
10/24/09
That said, I think that quote is quite revealing. I suspect it's from someone who perhaps has only ever thought of black women in that politicised sense and is maybe beginning to see them in a different way. Perhaps the speaker has never encountered a black woman. So she's coming from a cloistered place of white privilege - not a great place, but if Mrs Obama is making her think differently, then is that so bad? #michelleobama
10/23/09
What the hell? Are black women not educated, sensitive, down-to-earth gardeners who eat healthfully and take care of their family? Sounds like Ms. Tate needs to stop taking her cues about the world around her from COPS. #michelleobama
10/23/09
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10/23/09
Um, Michelle Obama is still a black woman. It is a part of who she is. It's always going to be. Ending racism does not mean forgetting our history, our culture, or our experiences as individuals.
People who "don't see race", don't see racism. Which most often is unconsciously perpetuated by the privileged and the colorblind. Skin color is just one aspect of race. It's a very superficial, ignorant, and lazy way of thinking. #michelleobama
10/23/09
Yeah, I have a headache now. #michelleobama
10/23/09
Now that needs to be knitted on pillows, printed on bill boards, and shouted from the roof tops. #michelleobama
10/23/09
10/23/09
Jesus! Some people just can't let it go, do they? Like, they might try to say something in order to not sound like morons, but at the same time, they hold to their racist shit and prejudices as if they were some sort of life jacket that help them stay afloat. #michelleobama
10/23/09
Word is still out on the gays, the unmarried, the childless, the poor, the geeks, the fats, and whatever people who aren't Black or White could possibly be, is that a thing? #michelleobama
10/23/09
Mainstream America is cool with Michelle now because she's had a comprehensive image makeover. Not to say she's not still as fierce and smart as she was a year ago, but her image now isn't about being a supposedly threatening, unapologetically successful black woman. Its about being a doting mother and wife and embracing typical First Lady duties. That role is equally important but it breaks my heart to think that there are still so many people out there afraid of powerful women. #michelleobama
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07/28/09
In a country that is largely consumed by an obsession with wealth, it makes sense that when money gets tight, everything else starts to look pretty bleak as a result.
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