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Michelle Obama’s Thesis Underscores Barack Obama’s Black Identity Politics
IsraPundit ^ | 05/17/08 | Bill Levinson

Posted on 05/17/2008 9:44:40 AM PDT by Winged Hussar

Politico.com has a .pdf copy of Michelle Robinson Obama’s thesis in sociology. [http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0208/8642.html] The content is entirely consistent with Barack Obama’s Black identity politics, if not outright Black Nationalist politics, as described in Dreams From My Father, as well as Michelle Obama’s statement that she is proud of our country only when her husband, who can’t be bothered to show respect for our National Anthem, is running for President. It is no surprise that efforts were made to conceal this thesis from the public until after the election.

Earlier in my college career, there was no doubt in my mind that as a member of the Black community I was somehow obligated to this community and would use all of my present and future resources to benefit this community first and foremost. My experiences at Princeton have made me more aware of my “Blackness” than ever before.

Michelle LaVaughn Robinson [Obama], “Princeton Educated Blacks and the Black Community,” page 2 http://www.politico.com/pdf/080222_MOPrincetonThesis_1-251.pdf

“Would use all of my present and future resources to benefit [the Black] community first and foremost” are not the words of a person who should be First Lady for a multiracial and ethnically diverse nation like the United States. While many of us have probably written things in our early 20s that we might repudiate in our 40s and 50s, Michelle Obama’s lack of pride in our country indicates that she still stands by these words. More importantly, they are entirely consistent with Barack Obama’s Black identity politics and even Black Nationalism.

Obama’s thesis then continues to underscore her belief that she regards her integration into mainstream or “white” American society as a problem, just as her husband questioned his “racial credentials” during his college days. ...“racial credentials” are the central characteristic of RACISM.

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TOPICS: Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2008; 2getbackatwhitey; abitteramerikkka; blacknationalism; blackracism; blackracist; farrakhan; identitypolitics; jeremiah; liberalbigot; michelle; nobama2008; obama; robinson; sharpton; thesis; wright
These experiences have made it apparent to me that the path I have chosen to follow by attending Princeton will likely lead to my further integration and/or assimilation into a White cultural and social structure that will only allow me to remain on the periphery of society. [page 2]

It looks like Mrs. Obama’s complaint is not that Caucasian-majority society won’t allow her to integrate–which was of course the central complaint of the Civil Rights movement–but rather that she might find herself integrating and assimilating with this society. This is a typical attitude of Black self-segregationists who, for example, have all-Black living accomodations on campus. The Civil Rights Movement sent the “White” and “Colored” signs to the ash heap of history where they belong, but Black self-segregationists are more than willing to put up implicit albeit invisible “White” (to be avoided) and “Colored” (acceptable) signs of their own.

The posting includes a screenshot of the quoted material.

God BLESS America, McCain 2008

1 posted on 05/17/2008 9:44:40 AM PDT by Winged Hussar
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To: Winged Hussar

For months we’ve been hearing “Why did Obama stay in that church if he disagreed with Wright’s views?”

It’s becoming fairly clear that this was his wife’s church more than his own (not to let Barack off the hook).


2 posted on 05/17/2008 9:47:57 AM PDT by angkor
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To: Winged Hussar


Barack Hussein Obama is the very apex of the anti-American, internal enemy in this country. IMHO, his election as President would be the greatest coup an enemy has ever scored against our nation, and could well turn into the greatest disaster this nation has ever faced.

AUDACITY OF TRUTH-BARACK NEVILLE HUSSEIN CHAMBERLAIN OBAMA

AUDACITY OF TRUTH-BARACK OBAMA

AUDACITY OF TRUTH-OBAMA'S CIRCLE OF FRIENDS

AUDACITY OF TRUTH-BLACK LIBERATION THEOLOGY
3 posted on 05/17/2008 9:49:00 AM PDT by Jeff Head (Freedom is not free...never has been, never will be. (www.dragonsfuryseries.com))
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To: Jeff Head; NormsRevenge; elhombrelibre; Allegra; SandRat; tobyhill; G8 Diplomat; Dog; Cap Huff; ...

NICE Photo.....just Excellent....


4 posted on 05/17/2008 9:51:26 AM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach (No Burkas for my Grandaughters!)
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To: Winged Hussar

“The posting includes a screenshot of the quoted material. “ It also shows a screenshot of the future if Obama were to ever get elected.


5 posted on 05/17/2008 9:55:50 AM PDT by RC2
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To: jveritas; FARS; Ernest_at_the_Beach; knighthawk; Marine_Uncle; SandRat; Steel Wolf; CAP; ...
Michelle Obama’s racist roots ping. Can anyone imagine a prominent Catholic, Jew, Mexican, or WASP saying such things and not catching the heat for it????
6 posted on 05/17/2008 9:59:04 AM PDT by elhombrelibre (If you liked Carter and you like Kennedy, you'll love Obama.)
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To: Winged Hussar

I cant understand why she has a white lady hair do.

7 posted on 05/17/2008 10:00:42 AM PDT by DogBarkTree (The correct word isn't "immigrant" when what they are doing is "invading".)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
Check out the link for more...those pics make the point better than paragraphs of wrting ever could.

AUDACITY OF TRUTH-BARACK NEVILLE HUSSEIN CHAMBERLAIN OBAMA
8 posted on 05/17/2008 10:07:37 AM PDT by Jeff Head (Freedom is not free...never has been, never will be. (www.dragonsfuryseries.com))
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To: angkor

Barack stands just as guilty as his wife. No excuse for his
attendance other than he’s a racist just like the Rev.


9 posted on 05/17/2008 10:16:53 AM PDT by topfile
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To: Winged Hussar

it should be made perfectly clear that Michelle Obama isn’t just BHO’s wife, she is a surrogate of his.
She’s not just giving us flowery speeches, she is a part of his machine.
Due to BHO’s passive aggressive pschye the only way we can find out who he is is through his surrogates. Barack Hussein Obama is not going to tell you the truth as to his intentions.
Michelle Obama- You’re mean if you question Obama
Rev.Wright- Obama must function as a politician so don’t pay attention to what he’s saying right now
Howard Dean- You’re racist
DC Mayor Marion Barry- “McCarthyism” charges if you question BHO’s associations.
This will be the biggest smoke screen of politics you’ve ever seen. (Witness the hysteria over ‘appeasement’)
Same old same old political moves using hate for President Bush as the main motivation.
Beware!


10 posted on 05/17/2008 10:17:39 AM PDT by griswold3 (Al queda is guilty of hirabah (war against society) Penalty is death.)
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To: Winged Hussar

Excellent article.
Thanks for posting.


11 posted on 05/17/2008 10:18:51 AM PDT by kellynla (Freedom of speech makes it easier to spot the idiots! Semper Fi!)
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To: Winged Hussar
Michelle Obama’s Thesis Underscores Barack Obama’s Black Identity Politics

And I'm pretty sure she beats him.

12 posted on 05/17/2008 10:21:27 AM PDT by the invisib1e hand (the jihadis are the shock troops of communism.)
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To: Winged Hussar
It looks like Mrs. Obama’s complaint is not that Caucasian-majority society won’t allow her to integrate–which was of course the central complaint of the Civil Rights movement–but rather that she might find herself integrating and assimilating with this society

Exactly. And avoiding such integration at all costs is the central tenet of the black nationalist movement.

13 posted on 05/17/2008 10:22:20 AM PDT by Mr. Mojo
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To: angkor
“It’s becoming fairly clear that this was his wife’s church more than his own...”

Come on!

These jerks are BOTH anti-American racists and no one but would have continued attending Rev. Wrong’s church for TWENTY FRIGGIN’ YEARS!

They are just products of the Communist anti-American, anti-military, anti-religious propaganda that America's children have been indoctrinated in for over 40 years!

14 posted on 05/17/2008 10:24:21 AM PDT by kellynla (Freedom of speech makes it easier to spot the idiots! Semper Fi!)
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To: Winged Hussar

The chip on Michelle’s shoulder is huge. Her Secret Service code name must be “Angry Bitch.”


15 posted on 05/17/2008 10:24:25 AM PDT by rickmichaels (God Bless America, Land That I Love)
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To: rickmichaels

“Angry Bitch 2” -— The Second.


16 posted on 05/17/2008 10:31:01 AM PDT by litehaus (A memory tooooo long)
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To: DogBarkTree

“White lady hairdo” or not, the look on Mrs. Obama’s face in the photograph is unmistakable. For comparison, check out photographs of the aggressors in the Rwanda tragedy. (Which was, if you remember, totally ignored by the Clintonistas.)


17 posted on 05/17/2008 10:32:37 AM PDT by QBFimi2 (Ve are the New World Order; ve bring to the world dis-order. Spike Jones, 1943.)
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To: DogBarkTree

I’ve noticed he has a smug elitist attitude that J Kerry has. Cocky head posturing.
She always looks disgusted and unhappy for a rich person.


18 posted on 05/17/2008 10:33:51 AM PDT by TribalPrincess2U (I heard it on the grapevine and saw it in the paper, so it must be true.)
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To: rickmichaels

And they thought Hillary was hard to get along with.


19 posted on 05/17/2008 10:35:24 AM PDT by TribalPrincess2U (I heard it on the grapevine and saw it in the paper, so it must be true.)
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To: angkor
It’s becoming fairly clear that this was his wife’s church more than his own (not to let Barack off the hook).

She really never has appeared to be the type woman that would sit submissively at her husband's side, forcing herself and daughters to hear anything she doesn't fully support, has she?

20 posted on 05/17/2008 10:38:48 AM PDT by taraytarah
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To: elhombrelibre
ANY of them could get away with it IF they were LEFTISTS, as the main-SLIME media IS!

free dixie,sw

21 posted on 05/17/2008 10:42:16 AM PDT by stand watie (Resistance to TYRANTS is OBEDIENCE to God. T. Jefferson, 1804)
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To: Winged Hussar

We’re a couple of months behind on this “revelation,” aren’t we?


22 posted on 05/17/2008 10:57:48 AM PDT by toddlintown (My kingdom for a beer!)
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To: Winged Hussar
"God BLESS America, McCain 2008"

Yes ... we certainly need a special blessing with McCain as our best hope.

23 posted on 05/17/2008 11:01:49 AM PDT by JustaDumbBlonde ("When the government fears the people there is liberty ... " Thomas Jefferson)
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To: angkor

The “rumor” making the rounds, is that there is video of Michelle Obama making a “hate whitey” speech in front of the church. The purported video is in the hands of people who know how to use it.


24 posted on 05/17/2008 11:09:11 AM PDT by TennTuxedo
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To: TennTuxedo

You know it’s the Clintons and they’re gonna blame it on the Republicans...
But somehow, such a video will be overlooked or ‘easily’ explained away by the MSM.
“Nothing to see here, move along, folks”


25 posted on 05/17/2008 11:22:37 AM PDT by griswold3 (Al queda is guilty of hirabah (war against society) Penalty is death.)
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To: Winged Hussar

If the Kollege Kiddie Krusaders pull it off and get Osama elected, “history” will have been made in two ways. The KKK would get their much desired first “black” president and this country would have the meanest looking first “lady” in its history. Can she even smile or does she always look like she wants to rip your head off?


26 posted on 05/17/2008 11:29:06 AM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (De-Globalize yourself !)
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To: Winged Hussar
there was no doubt in my mind that as a member of the Black community I was somehow obligated to this community

That made me think of the envy barrier that Dr. Jack Wheeler writes about. I think she fears that if she were to choose to just be successful as an individual for herself and family, she would be seen as climbing on the backs of the others, and subject to rebuke.

27 posted on 05/17/2008 11:35:55 AM PDT by nascent skeptic
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To: TennTuxedo
The “rumor” making the rounds, is that there is video of Michelle Obama making a “hate whitey” speech in front of the church. The purported video is in the hands of people who know how to use it.

That's from Larry Johnson of "21 indictments against Carl Rove" fame. It falls into the category of "not exactly credible wishful thinking." And I don't think it would make a bit of difference if it did exist -- not to the Obamessiah's followers.

OTOH, I think there is something far more damaging out there about Obama that in a normal world shouldn't be too difficult for the media to dredge up, if they weren't so deeply in the tank for him and fearful of the backlash.

28 posted on 05/17/2008 12:07:30 PM PDT by browardchad ("We are all mavericks now." -- Rush Limbaugh)
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To: Winged Hussar
Earlier in my college career, there was no doubt in my mind that as a member of the White community I was somehow obligated to this community and would use all of my present and future resources to benefit this community first and foremost. My experiences at Princeton have made me more aware of my “Whiteness” than ever before.

Sounds ugly.

29 posted on 05/17/2008 12:14:16 PM PDT by Lizavetta
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To: topfile
On top of that....Obama does not believe in creation but evolution! He does not believe that Jesus is the only way! He says homosexuality is not a sin! He is for abortion! He bears false witness on President Bush, almost daily! He drinks and smokes (most people have some vice that they struggle with) he has them all! He is for supreme court justices that hate God/Christ.

Inconsistent with being a Christian. The Church that votes democrat is simply a social club.

30 posted on 05/17/2008 12:20:47 PM PDT by Friendofgeorge (McCain for president, not easy to say, but for the sake of the unborn I must support McCain)
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To: Winged Hussar

Anyone try to read it? She is the queen of run-on sentences. Horrible writing much less the subject matter. If this is what it takes to graduate from Princeton, I’m glad I just went to a state university where more was expected of me instead of some expensive place like Princeton.


31 posted on 05/17/2008 1:02:14 PM PDT by kikia (Former member of the Democratic party)
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To: taraytarah

It’s Michelle’s permanently arched eyebrows that are scary!

They shout, “Don’t sass me, sucker! I’ll hurt you if you do! Better not be showing me no attitude, see?”


32 posted on 05/17/2008 1:25:53 PM PDT by elcid1970 (My cartridges are dipped in pig grease.)
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To: kikia
I did. Try to read it, that is. I couldn't understand what her "diagram" (graph?) was trying to convey.

I briefly thought she was complaining about a "God and Guns" culture with the line "...God, Piazza and Glock...". Had to read the section a couple of times to make sure she wasn't.

33 posted on 05/17/2008 1:28:02 PM PDT by Calvin Locke
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To: browardchad
That's from Larry Johnson of "21 indictments against Carl Rove" fame. It falls into the category of "not exactly credible wishful thinking." And I don't think it would make a bit of difference if it did exist -- not to the Obamessiah's followers.

The Obamessiah followers are not the people who this would make a difference to.

No, this would and will make a big difference with the swing voters, who will ultimately decide this election.

34 posted on 05/17/2008 1:32:09 PM PDT by TennTuxedo
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To: Winged Hussar
Listen to what the founder of Black Liberation Theology says...

A Conversation with James Cone

35 posted on 05/17/2008 2:58:58 PM PDT by TigersEye (Berlin 1936. Olympics for murdering regimes. Beijing 2008.)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach; AdmSmith; Berosus; Convert from ECUSA; dervish; Fred Nerks; george76; ...

Thanks E. I think the thesis or link thereto has been posted before, but a ping anyway.


36 posted on 05/17/2008 10:23:01 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/_______________________Profile updated Monday, April 28, 2008)
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To: stand watie
True, and even Drudge won't touch this story.
37 posted on 05/18/2008 12:00:31 AM PDT by elhombrelibre (If you liked Carter and you like Kennedy, you'll love Obama.)
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To: elhombrelibre; All
and you are SUPRISED by that???

NOBODY in the PRESS wants to be attacked in the press for being "racially insensitive".

38 posted on 05/18/2008 6:38:57 PM PDT by stand watie (Resistance to TYRANTS is OBEDIENCE to God. T. Jefferson, 1804)
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To: elhombrelibre; All
and you are SUPRISED by that???

NOBODY in the PRESS wants to be attacked in the press for being "racially insensitive".

free dixie,sw

39 posted on 05/18/2008 6:39:14 PM PDT by stand watie (Resistance to TYRANTS is OBEDIENCE to God. T. Jefferson, 1804)
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