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Posted on 08/11/2025 3:06:11 PM PDT by simpson96
Black vacationers on Martha’s Vineyard often describe visiting the island in August as a kind of family reunion. If your family happens to include Michelle Obama, that is.
“This is a special place for us, because, as you all know, this is where we come to enjoy being us,” Ms. Obama said Saturday afternoon at the Martha’s Vineyard African American Film Festival, where she joined her older brother, Craig Robinson, for a live recording of their podcast, “IMO,” which she likened to a kitchen table.
The brother-sister duo were speaking with the actress Natasha Rothwell, whom they repeatedly referred to as “cousin,” inside the Martha’s Vineyard Performing Arts Center in Oak Bluffs, Mass., where many of the film festival’s events were held.
Together, they discussed mental health, dating, relationships and the importance of telling stories that reflect the Black experience.
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Earlier on Saturday, across town, at the Island Inn, the Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson discussed her 2024 memoir, “Lovely One,” with Ms. Wilkes Smith.
Justice Jackson’s memoir charts her family’s journey from enslavement in the South to her grandparents’ move to Florida; her own childhood there; early stints in journalism and theater; her marriage to her college boyfriend, Patrick Jackson; and her law career, which led her to the Supreme Court.
Justice Jackson told the audience —with a chuckle— that she was grateful that she held roles as a law clerk, public defender and judge because, “Where I am now, I’m pretty much stuck. So I’m glad I got it all done.”
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She’s MARRIED?
I bet they draw flies too!
“…telling stories that reflect the Black experience.”
Who wants to hear my stories that reflect my White experience?
“Together, they discussed mental health, dating, relationships and the importance of telling stories that reflect the Black experience.” I didn’t get invited to reflect the white experience.
Note to Mrs Potato Head - stay away from the pond.
Where is the picture of the Vineyarder waving goodbye to the immigrants?
Same with Big Mike who married a guy from Kenya. Since many of the slaves sold were from that area his ancestors could very well have been slave traders.
Where is the picture of the Vineyarder waving goodbye to the immigrants?
Shite usually does!
I’m sure its a very...ermm...colorful crowd.
Someone needs to ask KBJ if she’s figured out what a woman is yet.
Was it a Blind Date?
Ketanji is not a biologist.
Were that said by me of a white-American Film Festival, that would be a racist statement
But I digress....
Flies?
I bet most the people in that town thought the cleaning ladies had the day off.
I guess it is time to visit Gettysburg, and reflect upon the importance of telling stories that reflect the experience of the THOUSANDS & THOUSANDS of white people who fought and died to make every black person free.
Dumb and Dumber. Though it’s hard to tell which is which.
A gathering of America hating grifters.
I doubt they have a Waffle House on the island. Where do they go to let off steam.
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