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Michelle Obama: Blacks have been 'frustrated and invisible' for 'decades'
Washington Examiner ^ | 9 May 15 | Zack Coleman

Posted on 05/09/2015 6:14:54 PM PDT by SkyPilot

First Lady Michelle Obama urged students at Tuskegee University, a historically black university in Alabama, to remain involved in civic life during a time of tension regarding race relations across the country.

At the school's commencement address, the First Lady listed scenarios in which African-Americans feel they encounter systemic discrimination, such as "nagging worries that you're going to get stopped or pulled over for absolutely no reason." She said those feelings are "real," but disengaging is not an option.

"I want to be very clear that those feelings are not an excuse to just throw up our hands and give up. Not an excuse. They are not an excuse to lose hope. To succumb to feelings of despair and anger only means that in the end, we lose," Obama said.

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Obama noted that events like those in Baltimore and Ferguson have generated feelings of futility amongst black men and women who believe the institutions of civil society aren't designed to protect or represent them.

"They're rooted in decades of structural challenges that have made too many folks feel frustrated and invisible. And those feelings are playing out in communities like Baltimore and Ferguson and so many others across this country," she said.

Obama pressed the students to vote to ensure those institutional systems work more equitably.

"The first thing we have to do is vote. Hey, no, not just once in a while. Not just when my husband or somebody you like is on the ballot. But in every election at every level, all of the time,"

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonexaminer.com ...


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To: SkyPilot
"nagging worries that you're going to get stopped or pulled over for absolutely no reason."

Have to say it. There are reasons. Because lots of blacks are committing crimes, so other blacks that are innocent are caught up in the blowback. Michelle needs to admit that ghetto black punks are unfairly targeting innocent non-blacks. Profiling occurs because lots of these black punks are breaking the law. There's more of them percentage-wise in jail because they're the ones who are bad and hurting others. Michelle needs to admit that black punks are the culprits behind her fears of being stopped or pulled over.

21 posted on 05/09/2015 6:48:09 PM PDT by roadcat
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To: uncitizen

I am white. Sometimes for entertainment I go to the Black Television Comedy shows. BTV... They have a lot of low down cussing, always talking about banging a woman, sex is 60% of the jokes. The singing is always rapster, with a bit of hood, with the pants that hang low. SO, THEY COMPLAIN THAT THE REST OF THE WORLD DOESN’T TAKE WELL TO THEIR COMPLIANT VIEWS ABOUT DRUGS AND FATHERING KIDS AND ABANDONING THEM. Booker T. Washington said, ‘If Black people learn to be excellent neighbors, clean, law abiding, EVERYONE will want to be living next door. It isn’t about COLOR, but about cultural values. We are in a cultural war.


22 posted on 05/09/2015 6:53:39 PM PDT by rovenstinez
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To: uncitizen

aren’t they all you think.


23 posted on 05/09/2015 7:01:47 PM PDT by the_individual2014
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To: SkyPilot

Only invisible when they sneak up behind cracka grannies and sucker punch them and take their purses.


24 posted on 05/09/2015 7:02:04 PM PDT by Old Yeller (Civil rights are for civilized people.)
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To: SkyDancer
No - your mind has been closed for decades.

I don't understand.

25 posted on 05/09/2015 7:04:34 PM PDT by SkyPilot ("I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." John 14:6)
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To: yarddog
The fact is the real world is precisely, exactly and clearly the opposite of what she is saying. Blacks are being treated as if they are Gods, just about perfect in every way. They are being over represented on all types of media and not by a little bit. They are given priority in every way over Whites.

True.

As are homosexuals.

I remember seeing ads for a "Media Fair" in Washington DC in the late 1990's. They actually advertised jobs where "only Gay may apply" and got away with it.

Today, television shows, movies, media, etc are way over represented by homosexuals.

Eternity is a long, long time to learn you were on the wrong side of your Creator.

26 posted on 05/09/2015 7:08:42 PM PDT by SkyPilot ("I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." John 14:6)
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To: SkyPilot

When? When will she be called out on her racism.


27 posted on 05/09/2015 7:10:17 PM PDT by stilloftyhenight (http://www.tedcruz.org)
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To: SkyPilot

Moochelle was talking about how blacks were .. etc etc and I responded with her mind has been closed for decades. She’s how old?


28 posted on 05/09/2015 7:10:33 PM PDT by SkyDancer ( I Was Told Nobody Is Perfect But Yet, Here I Am ...)
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To: SkyPilot

Her mind, not yours.


29 posted on 05/09/2015 7:11:58 PM PDT by SkyDancer ( I Was Told Nobody Is Perfect But Yet, Here I Am ...)
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To: SkyPilot
Michelle Obama: Blacks have been 'frustrated and invisible' for 'decades'

Says the Black wife of the Black President of the United States between bites of wagyu beef from the veranda of the White House.

30 posted on 05/09/2015 7:13:53 PM PDT by Talisker (One who commands, must obey.)
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To: SkyPilot

This family is sowing division at all possible opportunities. Pathetic.


31 posted on 05/09/2015 7:14:22 PM PDT by al_c (Obama's standing in the world has fallen so much that Kenya now claims he was born in America.)
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To: uncitizen

When ever she speaks I know there are words coming out of her mouth but all I hear is “MOOOOOO, I hate America, MOOOOOOOOOOO,I hate White people, MOOOOOOO, I’m going on vacation, MOOOOOOOO”!


32 posted on 05/09/2015 7:15:16 PM PDT by Mastador1 (I'll take a bad dog over a good politician any day!)
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To: SkyPilot

“The first thing we have to do is vote. Hey, no, not just once in a while. Not just when my husband or somebody you like is on the ballot. But in every election at every level, all of the time,”

Encouraging people to vote makes this a campaign stop and not a White House trip.


33 posted on 05/09/2015 7:16:23 PM PDT by Oliviaforever
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To: SkyPilot

Waaaaa waaaaaaaaaaaa


34 posted on 05/09/2015 7:17:26 PM PDT by NormsRevenge (SEMPER FI!! - Monthly Donors Rock!!)
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To: SkyPilot

What complete racist bullsh1t.

Of course msm will never call her on this tremendous lie.


35 posted on 05/09/2015 7:19:28 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: Mastador1

MOOOOO, eat those school lunches, you little children. And stop whining about them, you little white jerks.


36 posted on 05/09/2015 7:20:35 PM PDT by JustaCowgirl (the left has redefined the word 'racism' to mean any disagreement with any liberal about any topic)
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To: SkyPilot

I feel exactly the same about blacks whose primary identity is as black as I do about whites whose primary identity is as white. In a white, almost everyone condemns the Klan-like identity groups. In blacks, the racial identity philosophy is still, sadly, celebrated. I hope they will grow up soon and agree to judge others by the content of their character and not the color of their skin.

I don’t care how much melanin someone has. I want their race to be invisible so they can interact as individuals. If someone wants to be treated as black, as Asian, or as Hispanic, I will treat them as what they really are, meaning the same way I treat members of the Aryan Nation.


37 posted on 05/09/2015 7:23:51 PM PDT by Pollster1 ("Shall not be infringed" is unambiguous.)
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To: SkyPilot

Uhhh.... one is PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, dimwit.


38 posted on 05/09/2015 7:30:40 PM PDT by Fido969
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To: SkyPilot

More racial sauce for her feast of aggreivement.


39 posted on 05/09/2015 7:33:46 PM PDT by PGR88
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To: SkyDancer
Thanks.

Here is an oldie but a goodie:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ROOi5xagxg

40 posted on 05/09/2015 7:41:35 PM PDT by SkyPilot ("I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." John 14:6)
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