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Michelle Obama On '42,' Which Tells Story of Jackie Robinson: 'I Was Mad Just Watching the Movie'
US News and World Report's Washington Whispers ^ | April 2, 2013 | Elizabeth Flock

Posted on 04/02/2013 9:48:43 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

Dozens of D.C.-area students were invited for a frank conversation about race Tuesday at the White House with Michelle Obama, Harrison Ford, and other members of the cast and crew of "42," the soon-to-be-released film about Jackie Robinson, the first African-American to play in Major League Baseball.

"I know I was mad just watching the movie," the first lady told the 80 students assembled in the State Dining Room, as Robinson's widow Rachel, who is 90, sat behind her. "It would have been easy for them to get mad or to give up. But instead, they [met] hate—they met hatred with decency."

The first lady also said Rachel Robinson "paved the way for me."

"I mean, watching anyone go through what Jackie and Rachel Robinson did‑the outright discrimination they encountered at every turn... And you're left just asking yourselves, how on Earth did they live through that?" Obama said. "How did they endure the taunts and the bigotry for all of that time?"

Robinson told the assembled students, who sat in rapt attention, that her husband had just wanted "a full life, a decent life" when he was joined the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947....

(Excerpt) Read more at usnews.com ...


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; History; Sports; TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: 42; baseball; jackierobinson; michelleobama; racism
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

The moose and squirrel "need" that race card
permanently displayed as things become obvious
about them.

41 posted on 04/02/2013 11:43:29 PM PDT by BerryDingle (I know how to deal with communists, I still wear their scars on my back from Hollywood-Ronald Reagan)
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To: winner3000

“She could feel those chips on her shoulders getting bigger and bigger!”

Nope she got angry got the bag of chips wuz empty.
Nom nom nom.


42 posted on 04/03/2013 12:51:10 AM PDT by FreedomGuru (Without Life nothing else matters.)
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To: Mastador1

I have a buddy and his Black Lab is named Moose.


43 posted on 04/03/2013 1:05:08 AM PDT by laplata (The Answer To 1984 Is 1776)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Rachel Robinson "paved the way for me."

Nope. Rezko did that and he's behind bars.

44 posted on 04/03/2013 2:09:58 AM PDT by Libloather (The epitome of civility.)
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To: Sarah Barracuda

And the ice is white.


45 posted on 04/03/2013 2:12:39 AM PDT by rfp1234 (Arguing with a marxist is like playing Chess with a Pigeon.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

she’s just upset that they made him show up for the job in order to get paid.

damn racists. don’t they know no-show jobs are a right?


46 posted on 04/03/2013 3:11:53 AM PDT by sten (fighting tyranny never goes out of style)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

She needs a vacation.


47 posted on 04/03/2013 3:35:10 AM PDT by Palio di Siena
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To: Sarah Barracuda

Of course, ten WHITE men smackin’ around a single BLACK puck...
Back to the First Lady, it’s a movie..made to entertain us, relax.


48 posted on 04/03/2013 3:37:08 AM PDT by jughandle
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Dozens of D.C.-area students were invited for a frank conversation about race

That's a joke, right?

49 posted on 04/03/2013 3:38:19 AM PDT by Altura Ct.
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

But news reports of two feral knuckledraggers shooting a toddler in the head seemed to have no effect at all.

Get bent, witch.


50 posted on 04/03/2013 4:10:09 AM PDT by ScottinVA (Gun control: Steady firm grip, target within sights, squeeze the trigger slowly...)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Jackie Robinson = Class

66 years later....

51 posted on 04/03/2013 4:26:03 AM PDT by N. Theknow (Kennedys=Can't drive, can't ski, can't fly, can't skipper a boat, but they know what's best for you.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Michelle IS mad.


52 posted on 04/03/2013 4:35:03 AM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion.....the HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: Ann Archy

Listened to this on the way home and wanted to barf.

Michelle is a Victimologist — an expert at pointing out and creating victims, as well as promoting victimhood at every opportunity.

So Jackie Robinson was taunted ..well, plenty of folks have been taunted and ridiculed for many things out of their control, yet managed to overcome — many of the weaker among us ...

How about the jews? They were not only taunted, they were exterminated.

Would she prefer extermination of her race?

I mean — I’m SO tired of the whining. Victim Blacks need to get over themselves. The ones who have are the ones who seem to be most successful in their lives — and at peace. Those who are stuck in this will be forever STUCK.


53 posted on 04/03/2013 5:01:48 AM PDT by LibsRJerks
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Was she mad to know Jackie Robinson was a Republican and she's an idiot leader of the oppressive political party?
54 posted on 04/03/2013 5:06:51 AM PDT by Vision (Obama is king of the "Takers." Don't be a "Taker.")
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
She should get on her knees and thank the Lord that someone captured her ancestors and put them on slave ships.

Like Ali said on returning from Africa, "I'm glad my grandpappy got on that boat."

55 posted on 04/03/2013 5:10:48 AM PDT by Roccus
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To: shibumi

When I see her, I think of Patrick Ewing. Not sure why.


56 posted on 04/03/2013 5:29:49 AM PDT by showme_the_Glory (ILLEGAL: prohibited by law. ALIEN: Owing political allegiance to another country or government)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Affirmative Action has been very good to her.

Pray for America


57 posted on 04/03/2013 6:29:14 AM PDT by bray (Surviving to spite Obama)
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To: clearcarbon
You are correct. A number of major league baseball execs knew there was a tremendous source of talent in black ballplayers. Branch Rickey was the first to hire one, but others like Bill Veeck had planned to do the same...even before the war. In fact, it is a little known fact that Larry Doby began playing for Cleveland later in '47.

The huge mistake many people made (and still make) was assuming that if Robinson hadn't made it, there would be no black ballplayers after him. That assumption has always be absurd....Robinson was just the first in a long line of great, black ballplayers. If he had failed, many others (and better players than Robinson) were more than ready to step in. America had turned a corner. And it is a part of American history. I plan to see the flick at some point.

58 posted on 04/03/2013 6:49:53 AM PDT by driftless2
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I thought the Obama slogan was “Forward”, as in letting go of the past and moving on to a brave new world.


59 posted on 04/03/2013 6:58:42 AM PDT by TADSLOS (The Event Horizon has come and gone. Buckle up and hang on.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

[...someone captured her ancestors and put them on slave ships.]

Minor point...there is no way this could have been achieved if their tribal leaders hadn’t SOLD them first.


60 posted on 04/03/2013 7:09:46 AM PDT by RetSignman ("...a Republic if you can keep it")
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