Posted on 05/10/2015 11:43:13 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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During a passionate address at historically black Tuskegee University Saturday, Michelle Obama said she refused to let the "sting" of racial bias define her.
"Over the years, folks have used plenty of interesting words to describe me. One said I exhibited a little bit of 'uppityism,'" the first lady said. "Cable news charmingly referred to me as 'Obama's baby mamma.'
"All of the chatter, the name-calling, the doubting, all of it was just noise," she said. "It did not define me, it didn't change who I was, and most importantly, it couldn't hold me back."
Conjuring up the incidents in Ferguson and Baltimore, Obama told graduates, "Here's the thing, the road ahead is not going to be easy. It never is, especially for folks like you and me.
"There will be times, when you feel like folks look right past you or they see just a fraction of who you really are," she said.
The first lady recalled watching passersby cross the street when they saw her, as though afraid for their safety, and department store clerks who kept extra close watch on her and her husband....
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>>> Over the years, folks have used plenty of interesting words to describe me.
Just these past eight years (since 2008 Obamas on the national scene), I’ve had plenty of ‘interesting words’ to describe you.
None of them anything close to what you were thinking, Michelle.
First Lady: ‘Sting’ of Racism ‘Didn’t Hold Me Back’
Yeah sure, thanks to the American taxpayer and affirmative action.
Actually she’d be selling perfume if it was not for affirmative action
sorry,
I will need to consult the Urban Dictionary for assistance.
I didn’t know “uppity” was a coded race word. I thought it was used to describe rich snobs or people that wished they were, like Hyacinth Bucket, er Bouquet.
Didn’t hold her back at all, she rose despite being a racist.
nor does the stench of bs.... nor being disbarred
envision michelle squeegeeing windshields .... something she is qualified for....... and bendoverbarrybathhouseboy cleaning urinals.........something he can be trained for
“Michelle Obama said she refused to let the “sting” of racial bias define her.”
Has this racist woman with the 500 lb. chip on her should ever achieved anything worthy of note, other than the no-show job she had at the hospital when Barry was elected to the U.S. Senate?
Moochelle has to be the entitlement queen of all entitlement queens.
It's also part of the administrations effort to further divide the country by race.
She talks about nothing else...
Instead of “holding you back”, racism got you exactly where you are today. Your own racism, that is.
That's because she's never experienced it.
The “sting” of Black hate didn’t hold me back, either.
its in her eyes.....
Just damn! He forgot to shave before that photo!
Of course I know you are right. Sometimes the brain and the fingers aren't in synch. Happens more and more as I progress further and further into my 60s.
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