I’m not any more fond of the Obamas than you are, but I don’t get the problem with this remark. Seems to me she was trying to say that people gave her a hard time, but that didn’t stop her from being a good student and succeeding in life, even if that meant being accused of “acting white.” Seems like a good example for kids who might be in danger of succumbing to ghetto culture.
Tired of the race conversation....we have a black president...give it a rest.
I agreee with you. I have no problem with this being part of our public dialogue. In fact, the more people talking about the “crab in a barrell” complex the better.
“...people gave her a hard time, but that didn’t stop her from being a good student and succeeding in life,...”
Her comments demonstrate that the only racism she experienced came from the black community. She was taunted for not speaking ebonically. She felt that the student at the University were not interested in her.
As Michelle 0 discovered, however, she was NEVER discriminated against by white people, only black people. Of course she wants us to understand that whites are to blame for black racists.
Drivel.
That was my interpretation too. My daughter attended an all girls Catholic school from kindergarten through twelfth grade, and among her black classmates this very thing was a common complaint. They were often derided by their other friends for "putting on airs" and "wanting to be white" just because they spoke properly. They were just kids and that sort of thing was sometimes pretty hard for them to take from others of their age.