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Michelle: 'There Were Actually Laws in America that Allowed Discrimination Against Black People
weeklystandard.com ^ | March 25, 2014 | DANIEL HALPER

Posted on 03/25/2014 4:44:19 AM PDT by ilovesarah2012

First Lady Michelle Obama talked about America as she visited a school today in China. She talked about the American dream:

And my story isn’t unusual in America. Some of our most famous athletes, like LeBron James, and artists, like the singer Janelle Monae, came from struggling families like mine, as do many business leaders -- like Howard Schultz. He’s the head of a company called Starbucks, which many of you may have heard of. When Mr. Schultz was a boy his father lost his job, leaving their family destitute. But Mr. Schultz worked hard. He got a scholarship to a university, and eventually built the largest coffeehouse company in the world.

And then there’s this other guy I know who was raised by a single mother who sometimes struggled to afford food for their family. But like me, this guy got scholarships and loans to attend universities. He became a lawyer and a professor, and then he was a state senator and then a national senator. And then, he became President of the United States. This guy I’m talking about is my husband, Barack Obama. (Applause.)

These stories are the stories of so many Americans, and of America itself. Because in America, we believe that no matter where you live or how much money your parents have, or what race or religion or ethnicity you are, if you work hard and believe in yourself, then you should have a chance to succeed. We also believe that everyone is equal, and that we all have the right to say what we think and worship as we choose, even when others don’t like what we say or don’t always agree with what we believe.

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To: ilovesarah2012
"And then there’s this other guy I know who was raised by a single mother who sometimes struggled to afford food for their family."

Sooooooo sick of this and the way the media eats it up. Obama's a poor son of a single mother or a bi-racial son of a two parent family or raised at a private school in Hawaii or part of the 'Chroom Gang, Kenyan born, Hawaii born, whatever angle works. Sickening. He.......is......a......con.......artist.......

41 posted on 03/25/2014 5:34:09 AM PDT by cincinnati65
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To: Mustangman

You think Michelle sounded reasonable? What are you smoking?

Michelle Obama: Barack And I Welcome Criticism From The Media

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2014/03/23/michelle_obama_barack_and_i_welcome_criticism_from_the_media.html

In China, Michelle Obama touts freedom of speech, religion

http://news.yahoo.com/china-michelle-obama-touts-freedom-speech-religion-130206442.html

Are you familiar with the Hobby Lobby case? And freedom of speech? Really?

NYT reporter: Obama administration ‘the greatest enemy of press freedom’ in a generation

http://dailycaller.com/2014/03/24/nyt-reporter-obama-administration-the-greatest-enemy-of-press-freedom-in-a-generation/#ixzz2wyfCoyUf


42 posted on 03/25/2014 5:35:53 AM PDT by ilovesarah2012
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To: ilovesarah2012

Laws written by DEMOCRATS


43 posted on 03/25/2014 5:36:20 AM PDT by Gaffer (Comprehensive Immigration Reform is just another name for Comprehensive Capitulation)
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To: ilovesarah2012

My guess: the Chinese don’t care at all if Americans had laws discriminating against black people. My daughter was a student in China last year and she saw a lot of blatant rudeness and hostility towards the black students in her group. She got some blatant rudeness but not so much, and not much hostility. People would come up to her and say, “oh your skin is so pale, so pretty.” Black skin is ugly to the Chinese. And the Chinese are steeped in corruption and distrust, filled with an every-man-for-himself attitude, family first and the Chinese second, and the rest of the world not ranked. The past, present, and future sufferings of black people, no concern at all, except as apparatchiks use them to criticize the US and the West, cynical fascist hypocrites that they are.


44 posted on 03/25/2014 5:37:44 AM PDT by heartwood
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To: ilovesarah2012

She said this in the oppressive, communist, slave death camp called, China.

Only an Obama could do that.

It’s like Reagan standing in front of that wall and (instead) saying, “Gorbachev, the Irish weren’t allowed to be Firemen in New York City. Can you believe it?”


45 posted on 03/25/2014 5:43:28 AM PDT by Noamie
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46 posted on 03/25/2014 5:56:06 AM PDT by baddog 219
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To: ilovesarah2012
And slowly but surely, America changed. We got rid of those unjust laws. And today, just 50 years later, my husband and I are President and First Lady of the United States.

Is Michelle trying to prove George Wallace and all those evil segregationists were right?

47 posted on 03/25/2014 6:06:59 AM PDT by Count of Monte Fisto (The foundation of modern society is the denial of reality.)
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To: ilovesarah2012
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48 posted on 03/25/2014 6:09:52 AM PDT by Lazamataz (Early 2009 to 7/21/2013 - RIP my little girl Cathy. You were the best cat ever. You will be missed.)
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To: Lazamataz

Has to be racism,
because the differences in results absolutely CANNOT be
a matter of character or culture.


49 posted on 03/25/2014 6:12:25 AM PDT by MrB (The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter admits whom he's working for)
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To: wonkowasright
The US Constitution itself expressly allowed for the buying and selling of black men and women.

Where would that be in the Constitution? Currently taking a college course on pre 1877 history and we have discussed there was absolutely no reference to slavery in the Constitution. It was a volatile subject even then so it was ignored.

50 posted on 03/25/2014 6:24:16 AM PDT by ozarkgirl
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To: ilovesarah2012

“came from struggling families like mine”

It has gone beyond having no shame when overtly lying, these mouth-breathers are believing their own vile.


51 posted on 03/25/2014 6:30:56 AM PDT by Resolute Conservative
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To: ozarkgirl

Article 1, Section 2, Clause 3

Representatives and direct Taxes shall be apportioned among the several States which may be included within this Union, according to their respective Numbers, which shall be determined by adding to the whole Number of free Persons, including those bound to Service for a Term of Years, and excluding Indians not taxed, three fifths of all other Persons.

Article 1, Section 9, Clause 1

The Migration or Importation of such Persons as any of the States now existing shall think proper to admit, shall not be prohibited by the Congress prior to the Year one thousand eight hundred and eight, but a Tax or duty may be imposed on such Importation, not exceeding ten dollars for each Person.

Article IV, Section 2, Clause 3

No Person held to Service or Labour in one State, under the Laws thereof, escaping into another, shall, in Consequence of any Law or Regulation therein, be discharged from such Service or Labour, but shall be delivered up on Claim of the Party to whom such Service or Labour may be due.


52 posted on 03/25/2014 6:32:33 AM PDT by Fuzz
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To: wonkowasright
No one here hates blacks. We hate liberals. The problem is that Moochelle left out the fact that we now have laws that allow the discrimination against whites. The USA as it stands right now is a country I hardly recognize anymore. People on the left do not want equality, but revenge.
53 posted on 03/25/2014 6:33:08 AM PDT by ohioman
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ANY and EVERY behavior that based on race in unique from the normal collective behaviors when interfacing with everyone else is racism. Giving advantage OR taking away of advantage based on race is all racist behavior and fly in the face of Dr. King’s color blind society. Shameful.


54 posted on 03/25/2014 6:33:46 AM PDT by USCG SimTech (Honored to serve since '71)
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To: wonkowasright
I hear you, but Michelle's way out of her league and needs a travelling companion/guide to ease her way.


to Chinese eyes the restrained elegance of their First Lady, Peng Liyuan, won the day

No doubt her Chinese hosts were polite enough not to remind her that they know a thing or two about discrimination and victimization.



Sign at entrance to Shanghai park.


Bodies of Children Killed by the Japanese at Nanking

And smart enough not to mention their historic and current caste systems or that Mao Tse-tung’s policies and actions led to the deaths of nearly 77 million of his countrymen,


55 posted on 03/25/2014 6:34:43 AM PDT by caveat emptor (!)
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To: wonkowasright

So, there were laws against Irish and Poles, too, so what? It’s ancient history.


56 posted on 03/25/2014 6:35:08 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: ilovesarah2012

I’ll bet the Chinese just love blacks. Not that they would see them overwhelmingly as criminals and malcontents who wouldn’t survive a month in China.


57 posted on 03/25/2014 6:39:18 AM PDT by Rummyfan (Iraq: it's not about Iraq anymore, it's about the USA!)
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To: ilovesarah2012

She really hates America, even while she lives like a queen on our money.


58 posted on 03/25/2014 6:41:20 AM PDT by ozzymandus
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To: ilovesarah2012

Says the lady (and I use that term loosely!) who attended Princeton, has the luxury to discard a law license after attending Harvard Law, and soaking up a $300K annual salary for a do nothing job from the U of Chicago hospital. Yes, she’s been so poorly treated. I guess that’s why she has taken numerous multi-million dollar vacations on the taxpayer dime - payback baby!


59 posted on 03/25/2014 6:42:05 AM PDT by Rummyfan (Iraq: it's not about Iraq anymore, it's about the USA!)
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To: Fuzz

That old reading style is difficult for me but still...where does it say you can buy or trade black people?

I know the Southern states wanted slaves counted in the census so they would be better represented (Representatives based on population count) and that is how they came up with the 3/5ths rule.

There were also indentured servants (white people) at the time and they didn’t want them to escape to another state and not work out their 7-10 year term of indentured servitude. But I guess I still don’t see where it’s okay to buy/sell black people.


60 posted on 03/25/2014 6:42:30 AM PDT by ozarkgirl
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