Posted on 05/19/2016 2:33:14 PM PDT by Nachum
(CNSNews.com) – At a summit by the Aspen Institute’s Project Play, first lady Michelle Obama said Tuesday that some U.S. communities are “play deserts,” because they don’t have sufficient opportunities for kids to participate in sports and other outdoor activities, compared to wealthy communities.
“So many communities are becoming play deserts, but in wealthy communities, there is a wealth of resources. You can be in field hockey, or you can learn how to swim. There are aquatic centers and -- I’ve seen the difference. The disparities are amazing to me,” she said.
As CNSNews.com previously reported, the Obama administration coined the phrase “food deserts” to describe an urban area where a significant share of the population lives more than one mile from a grocery store.
Mrs. Obama took part in the 2016 Project Play Summit at the Newseum in Washington, D.C., alongside her brother, Craig Robinson, a college basketball analyst for ESPN. It was hosted by ESPN commentator Michael Wilbon of “Pardon the Interruption.” All three grew up on the South Side of Chicago.
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Same time, then, only I was 4 when we moved there. My father was in a VS squadron, don’t recall which, and was at sea most of the time, including a year in Vietnam.
While on Paula Deans show they say she gorged on more fried chicken than any other guest they ever had.
shelf ass ghetto bitch this mooch is.
There is a benefit to being raised by a PAIR of responsible adults who work hard enough and save enough to live in a better neighborhood. If your single parent is an irresponsible drug whore living on public assistance YOUR LIFE IS SUPPOSED TO BE HARD. Thats an incentive to DO BETTER. When I grew up the message was “if the parents are bums the kids are going to suffer”, so DONT BE A BUM, do better, work harder. Poverty is supposed to hurt and be uncomfortable. Being uncomfortable is the motivation to get off your @zz. Unfortunately we have had several generations where the goal is to make being a bum on welfare a comfortable lifestyle.
True, but that’s not exactly what I meant. Think about it. :)
Used to love the desert. Buttercup, Glamis. Chevy Blazer and 4wheeler...... Michelle we know you won’t stop until we are like the streets of Venezuela. You care not a wit about the little people. You will let them all die when you are done with them and go on to the next soros yutes you breed in schools.
Yeah, and Agenda 21 style zoning restrictions will certainly do wonders for creating play spaces....
Today’s helicoptered kids do NOTHING BUT screens. Has been that way doe the last 11 yrs or so.
doe=for
Darn “phone” screen. LOL
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