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] hatethey 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....
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The moose and squirrel "need" that race card
permanently displayed as things become obvious
about them.
“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.
I have a buddy and his Black Lab is named Moose.
Nope. Rezko did that and he's behind bars.
And the ice is white.
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?
She needs a vacation.
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.
That's a joke, right?
But news reports of two feral knuckledraggers shooting a toddler in the head seemed to have no effect at all.
Get bent, witch.
66 years later....
Michelle IS mad.
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.
Like Ali said on returning from Africa, "I'm glad my grandpappy got on that boat."
When I see her, I think of Patrick Ewing. Not sure why.
Affirmative Action has been very good to her.
Pray for America
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.
I thought the Obama slogan was “Forward”, as in letting go of the past and moving on to a brave new world.
[...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.
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