Posted on 05/28/2024 1:32:12 PM PDT by simpson96
From the elegant entryway, to the spectacular views, to the private beach, we’re exploring the special touches in the forever first family's gorgeous estate.
When your previous homes are the White House and Camp David, there’s a lot of pressure on your next address. For their post-presidential vacation getaway, Barack and Michelle Obama chose a private, yet beautiful estate that would offer them all the luxury and security they’ve become accustomed to.
According to Ebony, beginning with the Shearer Inn in 1912, the Oak Bluffs area has a long history of catering to Black vacationers. Over the years, it became one of the few vacation spots where Black visitors felt they could just exist without needing to prove themselves. We all know we can’t ever truly get away from the racism, but the island has provided a somewhat safe space for Black folks looking to relax and enjoy themselves with some simple summer fun.
According to Home & Gardens, the former first couple purchased the waterfront estate for $11.75 million in 2020. Per Bijan C. Bayne in Martha’s Vineyard Magazine, the island has been a longtime vacation spot for Black people, as the atmosphere isn’t racially aggressive and offers a reprieve from the constant slights and stereotypes we routinely face. Considering the spotlight the family lived under while in the White House, it makes sense that the Obamas would want to find a comfortable, safe space for their post-presidential lives.
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He and Moochelle are on the board of Netflix, as one example. Which is why i will never subscribe to Netflix. Then there are all the book sales - obozo has done two autobiographies himself.
The Mooch is just not an attractive woman.
MV isn’t racist. At least not to blacks, anyway. Now South American ‘migrants?’ - that’s another story.
Wonder who changes the smoke alarm batteries.
Lots of Brazillians on the Vineyard .
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But merely two of them are on the ocean...
Grey Gardens was prettier after Edith passed and Little Edie sold it to Ben Bradley and Sally Quinn. The Obammy’s joint doesn’t move me......
I’m talking about the other kind. That get flow in from TX and then shipped off 24 hours later.
It will need to be scrubbed with bleach from top to bottom when someone buys it.
Also the perfect dumping ground for next dozen busloads of illegals.
which room did obama’s chef die in?
It’s pretty sterile. All the “whiteness” adds no charm whatsoever.
This guy things whites never face constant slights and stereotypes? Hah. Dream on.
I am surprised how poorly their house was decorated. It would never happen in Nantucket. The decorators there would never use this color palatte ever. And they would never have a bordello sofa in the entrance hall.
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