Being 1st lady doesn’t preclude her from helping someone. Her choices were:
a) Help, it’s what most of us would do.
b) Don’t help as obviously this person didn’t know she was the high and mighty Queen of the USA. Maybe she wasn’t carrying her scepter and wearing the tiara.
c) Don’t help and claim racism - because obviously a tall woman being asked to help with something on a shelf is waaaaaysis.
A couple months ago while walking through Home Depot an older gentleman in a wheel chair asked me where something was located in the store. I said, “Sorry Sir, I don’t work here and don’t know” The man said, “Well dammit you should, it’ll keep you busy and out of trouble” Laughed with him, talked a moment, and left the store thinking what a cool old guy he was. I suspect in the same scenario, Mrs. Obama would have asked Eric Holder to launch a civil rights investigation...
I politely said no, I wasn't but what did she need.
If people want to be offended they will be.....
Black people are hair-triggered for it...........