Posted on 02/06/2018 5:51:37 AM PST by simpson96
Michelle Obama is back doing one of the things she does best—giving compelling speeches. (Or, as she puts it, "I’m back! This is what back looks like.") On Friday, the former first lady gave her first big speech since she and her husband left the White House behind, and it had all the hallmarks of a classic Mobama address. There was empathy. There was hopefulness. And there was also, seemingly, at least a little shade thrown at the man who took over for her husband.
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"Trust me, I know this work isn’t easy, especially right now,” Obama said, according to People. “I know there’s a lot of anxiety out there. And there’s no denying our kids, what they see on TV, the kind of behavior being modeled in public life, that, yes impacts their behavior and their character.” She also brought in one her most iconic quotes from the 2016 election season, telling the assembled crowd, "You all have the power to teach kids what it means to go high when others go low."
Obama added, according to CNN, "Folks like these up here, you all, you don't get dragged down by the headlines, by the false claims about our children and our neighborhoods, you don't have time for that nonsense because you're out there doing the work. No matter what's going on right now, out there, all that noise, you know that our young people are the future, and the most important thing we can do as individuals and as a nation is to believe in all of them, to invest in all of them and to build schools and communities worthy of their boundless promise."
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We all know what “black” looks like and there ARE definitely shades of black as well, despite what others say. I have a very good friend that is black. He was born and raised poor, from Mississippi, a Korean war veteran. He states very clearly the “odumbo black” does not represent him or his “color”. He despises people like the odumbo’s and hopes they never step foot in the WH ever again. He told me the odumbo’s have divided the people. A once respected and well known man in our community, he has begun to see the change in how people accept him.
Very sad to hear him tell me that. I would trust him with everything I own as he is NOT the odumbo black at all.
That’s a man baby.
Then there wouldn't be any threads like this.
It's a feedback circle. An endless loop.
Silver Back ?
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