Posted on 05/09/2015 4:42:55 PM PDT by jazusamo
Michelle Obama gave a candid view Saturday of the challenges and emotional toll of being the countrys first black first lady.
Obama, speaking to graduates at Tuskegee University in Alabama, described insensitive media questions and derogatory remarks from political pundits that she said have kept her up at night.
You might remember the on-stage celebratory fist bump between me and my husband after a primary win that was referred to as a terrorist fist jab, she said.
And over the years, folks have used plenty of interesting words to describe me. One said I exhibited a little bit of uppity-ism. Another noted that I was one of my husbands cronies of color. Cable news once charmingly referred to me as Obamas Baby Mama.
Obama said she was subjected to a different set of expectations on the campaign trail in 2008 compared with other candidates wives.
What kind of First Lady would I be? What kinds of issues would I take on? The truth is, those same questions would have been posed to any candidates spouse, she said.
But, as potentially the first African-American First Lady, I was also the focus of another set of questions and speculations; conversations sometimes rooted in the fears and misperceptions of others. Was I too loud, or too angry, or too emasculating? Or was I too soft, too much of a mom, not enough of a career woman?
In the end, she said, she realized all the negativity was just noise.
Obama encouraged the graduates of Tuskegee, a historically black university, to overcome adversity and discrimination by staying true to the most real, most sincere, most authentic parts of yourselves.
People will make assumptions about who they think you are based on their limited notion of the world, she said. My husband and I know how frustrating that experience can be. Weve both felt the sting of those daily slights throughout our entire lives. And all of that is going to be a heavy burden to carry.
But, she said, those feelings are not an excuse to just throw up our hands and give up. They are not an excuse to lose hope. To succumb to feelings of despair and anger only means that in the end, we lose.
That’s a start.
Always the victim. She’ll never be happy and frankly, I DON’T CARE ONE WIT ABOUT HER!!!
I wish someone would bash those large teeth out.
>>>I read it and it is not even a paper you could submit<<<
You mean that YOU or I could submit.
Apparently Moochelle did not have any fear that her Thesis would not be adequate for Submission. Gee, I wonder why?
This is what I know about this First Lady:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LYY73RO_egw
FLOTUS defines/defined herself with her own words and actions. There is no need for me to say another word.
If Valerie Jarrett has any phantasies about having Michelle as the Democrat candidate in 2016 instead of Hillary, Michelle makes it harder for her every time she opens her mouth. Hillary probably has a lock on the nomination barring a major health crisis that can’t be hidden from the public, but even Democrats might find it a bit hard to prefer Michelle over Fauxcahontas.
Oh, cry me a river.
In all of World History, never has anyone lived more lavishly than this Moocher during the past seven years.
Thanks, azishot.
Forever the victim. The world is not enough.
shelf ass angry America hating bitch.
Michelle hasn’t killed anybody yet...that we know of.
That style is perfect for her, it already has the boob belt (complete with a bow) and she wouldn’t even need to wear a bustle.
Life is tough. And then you take another tax-paid vacation.
Just starved the school kids.
She’s way past her five acres and a mule. In fact, I believe she’s made up reparations for every black slave that lived here.
The election of our first black president could have been a momentous and productive time for America. But it would have to have been done with a republican candidate because it appears that liberal blacks see them selves as victims rather than accomplished individuals and will always have a chip on their shoulder as a result.
16 September 2010
Michelle Obama thinks being Americas First Lady is hell, Carla Bruni reveals today in a wildly indiscreet book.
Miss Bruni divulges that Mrs Obama replied when asked about her position as the U.S. presidents wife: Dont ask! Its hell. I cant stand it!
Details of the private conversation, which took place at the White House during an official visit by Nicolas Sarkozy last March, emerged in Carla And The Ambitious.
The book was written by journalists Michael Darmon and Yves Derai in what they claim is collaboration with Miss Bruni. Carla Bruni-Sarkozy , the wife of French President Nicolas Sarkozy,
French President Nicolas Sarkozy, Carla Bruni-Sarkozy
President Obama and Oink Oink Obama At The G-20
Pittsburgh Summit September 25, 2009 in Pittsburgh, PA
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