Michelle Obama Recalls Racist Double Standard If Daughters Were "Messy" While She Was First Lady: "It Wouldn't Have Been Laughed Off"

Essence ^ | 3/7/2023 | Malaika Jabali

[simpson96]

“How much of yourself had to be quieted while you were in the White House?” Hoda Kotb asked Michelle Obama on a book tour stop in Philadelphia. “So much of it,” the former first lady answers.

“It was no accident that our children had to show up right in the world. They carried a burden of making sure they weren’t messy,” Mrs. Obama shares in an exclusive audio clip shared with ESSENCE of her new Audible podcast, which launched Tuesday.

“It wouldn’t have been laughed off,” she continues. “It wouldn’t have been [dismissed as] just ‘oh it’s youthful’ whatever. It would have been some bigger statement about the soul of Black folks…That weight is exhausting.”

[Mr Rogers]

There was a lot more commenting on her Boob Belts.

[Altura Ct.]

Blah blah blah. Do they ever get tired of whining?

[larrytown]

Seriously, my white privilege isn’t allowing me to decipher these code words and slang.

[DejaJude]

Oh, I remember those belts. At the beginning, her fashion choices were awful. She did get better.

[beethovenfan]

Poor, poor oppressed Mike.

[McCarthysGhost]

It was all in your head, Sasquatch.

[LuxAerterna]

A race grifter to the last, just like her husband.

[simpson96]

The “burden” of not being messy...

She’d be a poor poker player.

She’s revealed that the girls are either lazy or slobs or both, if it is a burden to them, to not be messy.

[Notthereyet]

What a racist whining human.

Guess she forgot how the Bush twins were often mocked when they screwed up.

Not honest on her part.

Exceptionally vain, as well.

[MayflowerMadam]

She acts like she cares about the rented urchins from Morocco.

[Irenic]

What in tarnation is she squawking about?

The never ending list of grievances.

S***bird is going to run.

[beancounter13]

I agree. I’ve been trying to think about which President’s children didn’t have to set a good example.

I mean, other the Chelsea Clinton, who unfortunately came from bad genes.

Certainly not the Trump kids who were always top notch.

[Albion Wilde]

Ma Dangling thinks no white family ever makes high expectations for their kids’ behavior.

[Albion Wilde]

The Obama’s were an elegant First Family

Yes, here's Michelle visiting Westminster Abbey, one of the most hallowed shrines in UK, where dozens of its most revered persons of the Crownk the Church, the arts, society and government are buried in its floors and walls—so elegant:

Here she is hugging David Beckham at a public event in London:

Here's Michelle's ladylike stance at the 2009 G20 Summit:

We all enjoyed the frequent views of her pits in the sleeveless garments that showed off her "toned arms":

And her decorum at public events:

Here's what she chose to wear on an official visit to the families affected by that terrible Gulf oil spill that put so many fisheries out of business:

How about this tasteful blood'n'guts number for a Medal of Honor awards reception for families of servicepersons who died defending our country? Her face looks so honored to be there:

So elegant.

[Jumper]

It is called manners and good parenting. But when you adopt it doesn’t mean you adapt;)

[Wiser now]

Nonsense. No presidential kids could have gotten away with being “messy”, and the most often criticized and ridiculed children were the Bush twins, and they were the victims of snark from the leftists.
Presidential kids are always “off limits” and mooch knows that.
I am sick to death of this woman claiming racism when the only place it exists is her own heart.