"Student presenter Fatima Garcia (Santo Domingo) presented First Lady Michelle Obama with a gift of thanks for "protecting us as your own children."
Posted on 05/31/2016 6:25:01 AM PDT by simpson96
First Lady Michelle Obama came to listen to the 2016 graduating class of the Santa Fe Indian School. And then she spoke from her heart.(snip)
Mrs. Obama was welcomed to the podium as “the mother of our nation,” and she addressed the graduates as a mother might speak to her children, saying over and over how proud she was of them, as they beamed that pride back at her. While she adhered pretty rigorously to her prepared remarks, sometimes she deviated from the script. “I wish I could spend a whole week with you,” she declared. “I love you all so much.”
She personalized the history of the African American experience, and shared her family’s roots in 19th century American chattel slavery. Her remarks seemed geared toward moving beyond a sense of connection between her and the audience, which was already palpable in the hall, to something deeper, something more akin to identification.
I am the great-great-granddaughter of Jim Robinson, who was born in South Carolina, lived as a slave and is likely buried in an unmarked grave on the plantation where he worked.
I am the great-granddaughter of Fraser Robinson, an illiterate houseboy who taught himself to read and became an entrepreneur—selling newspapers and shoes.
She spoke of values, claiming the shared values of respect, perseverance and integrity, three of the ten core values of the Santa Fe Indian School.(snip)
She pled with the students to seek help if they find themselves struggling at college or in other future endeavors. Like she was speaking to her own daughters, Malia or Sasha, she looked the kids in the eyes, paused and said: “Do you understand me?”
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"Student presenter Fatima Garcia (Santo Domingo) presented First Lady Michelle Obama with a gift of thanks for "protecting us as your own children."
How, exactly, does the wife of a president protect anyone. Obviously they do not teach the constitution at this school.
“The mother” of the Indian nation? That’s something new.
Unforgettable as in traumatic?
The only thing the Mooch has protected are the French fries she shoves in her big fat mouth. Remember the Ceausescus...
This is one of those satire things right?
I met Jim Robinson, he doesn’t look anything like Michelle Obama.
“She personalized the history of the African American experience, and shared her family’s roots in 19th century American chattel slavery. Her remarks seemed geared toward moving beyond a sense of connection between her and the audience, which was already palpable in the hall, to something deeper, something more akin to identification.
I am the great-great-granddaughter of Jim Robinson, who was born in South Carolina, lived as a slave and is likely buried in an unmarked grave on the plantation where he worked.
I am the great-granddaughter of Fraser Robinson, an illiterate houseboy who taught himself to read and became an entrepreneur—selling newspapers and shoes.”
I am a lowly victim just like you. I feel your pain. This country is so horrible. I was only able to go to Princeton and Harvard and work positions of favor for big money. We have never had a job pay over $400k a year and are only worth $12.2 million. I feel your pain.
Does anyone remember a time when people wanted to identify as winners, as a force for knowledge and good, rather than merely as a victim?
Where the heck is the “BARF” alert?!
I can’t wait for the White House to get fumigated.
Mooch is living proof that way back when, in early American history, someone was having sex with the buffalo.
The First Lady, not mother of the nation, had the opportunity to take her remarkable genealogy and inspire these kids to be something other than victims. I hope that happened at least to one.
Wonder what name they will give to the mother of their nation? How about Pocofatus, Sacajusbulshit, Running Wookie?
Strange. The Indians of New Mexico still occupy their traditional lands and were not removed to Oklahoma, except for a very short stint at Ft Sumner. All still have their reservations in their traditional areas.
Sounds like a master talking to her slaves.
Mother of the Fukarewe tribe is the only tribe she can be a mother of.
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