Michelle Obama: I’m not ‘some angry black woman’

[JoeChalupa]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/she-the-people/post/michelle-obama-im-not-some-angry-black-woman/2012/01/11/gIQAmCDMrP_blog.html?wprss=&tid=sm_twitter_postpolitics

Michelle Obama could have stayed home with her lips sealed today, and gotten a head-start on the annual Easter egg hunt. Instead she spoke about the alleged conflicts with former White House advisers described in Jodi Kantor’s new book, “The Obamas,” a type of work the first lady pointedly said she does not read.

“I guess it’s more interesting to imagine this conflicted situation here and a strong woman and -- you know?” Michelle Obama told “CBS This Morning” co-host Gayle King. “But that’s been an image that people have tried to paint of me since the day [President] Barack [Obama] announced, that I’m some angry black woman.”

Good for her. The first lady called it as she saw it. African American women often are portrayed as walking volcanoes, ready to spew on the nearest human rock. Enough. Black women, and all women, for that matter, are entitled to be authentic and upfront.

Let’s learn from former first lady Hillary Clinton, shall we? The public sought to bruise her over her remarks on (not) baking cookies. Now that she is Secretary of State, and crises loom everywhere, betcha many of those critics trust her leadership capabilities and could care less about her lack of interest in chocolate-chip cookie recipes.

Michelle Obama is not the presidential arm ornament former Democratic White House advisers may prefer. To some across the aisle, meanwhile, she is the “Mrs. YoMama” referred to in a “joke” email forwarded recently by Republican lawmaker Mike O’Neal, speaker of the Kansas House. To others, like Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner, (R-Wisconsin) who apologized after loudly and publicly weighing in on her physical appearance, she’s a walking invitation to inappropriate critiques. (She shouldn’t encourage healthy eating and exercise, he posited, because she according to him has a “large posterior” herself.) But despite the tasteless and tired stereotypes critics try to superimpose on Michelle Obama, she is not the “Gone with the Wind” mammy figure who unleashes a giggle over a petticoat with Rhett Butler.

The film characters she reminds me more of include a bunch of the classy black and white women from the past that some Republicans so love to glorify. She ranks with the iconic and trailblazing Ruby Dee, Lena Horne and Suzette Harbin because she is a woman who simply knows how to be. There are also aspects of her that make me think of spirited Katharine Hepburn in Holiday, elegant Ingrid Bergman in Casablanca, wise and proud Greer Garson in The Valley of Decision, and adventurous Audrey Hepburn in Roman Holiday. Michelle Obama is not any of these characters, of course, but bears traces of the universal characteristics these women brought to life. As the first lady said today, she’s “just trying to be me, and I just hope that over time, that people get to know me.”

Genuine class knows no color. And visionary leadership is not gender-based. But do Mrs. Obama’s critics even want to know the real her, or do they prefer reacting to the stick-character they’ve made of her? As Katharine Hepburn once noted, “Enemies are so stimulating.”

~~Good for her.

[cheguevara]

race card already? damn it's only January :lol

[CosmicCowboy]

I never thought of her as an angry black woman...just as an angry woman.

[clambake]

how is she angry, cowboy?

[George Gervin's Afro]

how is she angry, cowboy?

Well I have heard the FNC and talk radio go on an on about her anger... and racism

[CosmicCowboy]

how is she angry, cowboy?

Maybe angry is not exactly the correct term...more like militant.

[Wild Cobra]

I’m not ‘some angry black woman’
WTF...

Now she's claiming she's not black?

[ChumpDumper]

Maybe angry is not exactly the correct term...more like militant.How is she militant, CC?

[CosmicCowboy]

How is she militant, CC?

*yawn*

Read some of her quotes when she is in front of a friendly liberal crowd. It seems clear to me that she wears the more liberal pants in the family.

[Winehole23]

http://www.macmillandictionary.com/dictionary/american/militant
http://oxforddictionaries.com/definition/militant

[Oh, Gee!!]

she shouldn't scowl so much

[Blake]

Maybe angry is not exactly the correct term...more like militant.

definitely Black Panther parade material!

[ChumpDumper]

*yawn*

Read some of her quotes when she is in front of a friendly liberal crowd. It seems clear to me that she wears the more liberal pants in the family.So, no actual examples.

Yawn, indeed.

[Viva Las Espuelas]

she shouldn't scowl so much

[CosmicCowboy]

So, no actual examples.

Yawn, indeed.

Do you live under a rock?

[Winehole23]

Do you have any examples?

[Blake]

I think I recall her shopping militantly at Target

[CosmicCowboy]

Do you have any examples?

Well there always the famous example "For the first time in my life I am proud of my country" (after Obama won the election)

[ChumpDumper]

Well there always the famous example "For the first time in my life I am proud of my country" (after Obama won the election)That wasn't after the election, and it's not militant at all.

Stupid, but not militant.

[CosmicCowboy]

Look, I didn't start this thread, and was trying to be a little funny and take HER "angry black woman" race baiting out of the quote...but if you guys want to elevate her to sainthood then feel free...

[CosmicCowboy]

BTW, I don't dislike her because she is black, I just dislike her. I hated Nancy Reagan too...

[ChumpDumper]

Look, I didn't start this thread, and was trying to be a little funny and take HER "angry black woman" race baiting out of the quote...but if you guys want to elevate her to sainthood then feel free...Have you noticed the straw man is your go-to move?

[CosmicCowboy]

Have you noticed the straw man is your go-to move?

Have you noticed you are an irritating little prick?...:p:

[ChumpDumper]

I'm a huge irritating prick.

[Wild Cobra's Surgeon]

I never thought of her as an angry black woman...just as an angry woman.

Riiiiiight...this is the second time this week you've used the preemptive "I'm not racist" card.

[CosmicCowboy]

I'm a huge irritating prick.:toast

[CosmicCowboy]

Riiiiiight...this is the second time this week you've used the preemptive "I'm not racist" card.

That's real simple. I'm not.

[cheguevara]

Palin is a militant woman

JarJar is just an Oprah wanna be who's trying to turn the white house into the White Crib

[JoeChalupa]

Michelle Obama rocks baby!! She is a much better First Lady than the joker was.

[George W Bush]

I'm George W Bush and Kanye West once said I hate black people.

[DUNCANownsKOBE]

Tbh at least Michele Obama isn't a friend killer like Laura "friend killer" Bush

[Spurtacular]

No. He's an angry black man.

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[Red Pill Regimen]

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[MASSA]

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[Spurtacular]

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[ChumpDumper]

:lol you're obsessed with your wrong shit, derp.

[Ef-man]

Says the derp who has never been with a woman, ever. Sad.



No. He's an angry black man.

[Monostradamus]

BTW, I don't dislike her because she is black, I just dislike her. I hated Nancy Reagan too...
:lmao explains so much about this old dickhead

[ElNono]

One of the most popular and beloved personalities in modern US history, tbh...

[FrostKing]

https://gab.com/system/media_attachments/files/059/914/450/small/7d9e158713233637.jpg
Haha. Sharing.

[ElNono]

That's a terrible photoshop....

https://hips.hearstapps.com/hmg-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/images/barack-instagram-1556299273.jpg

derp falling for fake news not a surprise though...

[Spurtacular]

That's a terrible photoshop....

https://hips.hearstapps.com/hmg-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/images/barack-instagram-1556299273.jpg

derp falling for fake news not a surprise though...


Still looks like a dude. Amazon agrees. :tu

[ElNono]

Still looks like a dude. Amazon agrees. :tu

Not really, no. If she did, you wouldn't need photoshop...

[Spurtacular]

Not really, no. If she did, you wouldn't need photoshop...

Amazon disagrees with you.

Barry has his arm around like he's a fella. :lmao

[ElNono]

Amazon disagrees with you.

Barry has his arm around like he's a fella. :lmao

Why would Amazon disagree with me? The image you posted is clearly photoshoped to maker her look like a man.

And excuse me if I doubt you would know what putting an arm around a lady looks like, tbh...

[Spurtacular]

Why would Amazon disagree with me? The image you posted is clearly photoshoped to maker her look like a man.

And excuse me if I doubt you would know what putting an arm around a lady looks like, tbh...

Not based on that photograph. Amazon facial recognition called him a male. BTW, they called Serena Williams a male too. I've called that for years.

https://www.spurstalk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=274845&p=9475703&viewfull=1#post9475703

[ElNono]

Not based on that photograph. Amazon facial recognition called him a male. BTW, they called Serena Williams a male too. I've called that for years.

https://www.spurstalk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=274845&p=9475703&viewfull=1#post9475703

That only says Amazon's sex recognition through images is not good enough.

Again, what does that has to do with fake images?

[Spurtacular]

That only says Amazon's sex recognition through images is not good enough.

Or it says that they're men, which they very well may be.

[Chris]

https://s3.amazonaws.com/sfc-datebook-wordpress/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/11/62246572_DATEBOOK_books1202_audiobooks-883x1024.jpg

in plain sight

[ElNono]

Or it says that they're men, which they very well may be.

It really doesn't. You keep dodging though, what does that has to do with fake images?

[Spurtacular]

It really doesn't. You keep dodging though, what does that has to do with fake images?

The "fake image" is just ancillary. You're dodging that the software identified him as a man. It is what it is; he's likely XY.

[ElNono]

The "fake image" is just ancillary. You're dodging that the software identified him as a man. It is what it is; he's likely XY.

You don't even know how that software works, and none of them claim a 100% match.

Frankly, I couldn't care less if you think she's a man or a woman, that's the kind of stuff you like to obsess about, tbh.

Pointing out that you fell for a fake picture shouldn't make you angry though.

[Spurtacular]

You don't even know how that software works, and none of them claim a 100% match.

Frankly, I couldn't care less if you think she's a man or a woman, that's the kind of stuff you like to obsess about, tbh.

Pointing out that you fell for a fake picture shouldn't make you angry though.

You care a lot quite clearly. And you want to hinge everything on the "fake picture," which btw I never claimed was real anyhow. :lol

[ElNono]

You care a lot quite clearly. And you want to hinge everything on the "fake picture," which btw I never claimed was real anyhow. :lol

Maybe because that's exactly what I called out before you swerved into muh Amazon? :lol

[Spurtacular]

Maybe because that's exactly what I called out before you swerved into muh Amazon? :lol

There was no swerve. Amazon was the catalyst of this discussion. Pay attention.

[DMC]

I don't get it. If Michelle is a man, where did the kids come from? Is Barack even more of a pioneer by having the 1st transsexual FLOTUS? Does it matter either way? She seems like one of the most likeable people that's ever been in the WH.

[pgardn]

Bumpage from 2012 from derp and 2 of his ___ alts...

derpterple doing God’s work here

[Spurtacular]

I don't get it. If Michelle is a man, where did the kids come from? Is Barack even more of a pioneer by having the 1st transsexual FLOTUS? Does it matter either way? She seems like one of the most likeable people that's ever been in the WH.

There's explanations on that out there. Black market adoption / forged documents is the short answer. Another postulation out there is that the kids are those of a couple close to them.

[pgardn]

There's explanations on that out there.

You bet it’s way out there....
9-11 incel doing 9-11 explaining

”let’s make up a story so we can present the most difficult theory we can. One day we might get lucky with our theory lottery”

[Spurtacular]

You bet it’s way out there....
9-11 incel doing 9-11 explaining

”let’s make up a story so we can present the most difficult theory we can. One day we might get lucky with our theory lottery”

Grudge posting.

[Winehole23]

https://media1.giphy.com/media/60rUVyj8ShyuEhHbaz/giphy.gif

[CosmicCowboy]

Michelle definitely wears the pants in that family but I'm pretty sure there is still a vagina in those pants.

[DMC]

I would think someone aspiring to be president wouldn't say Hey I wanna marry this transsexual person and I must adopt two girls to make it look normal... it just doesn't seem like a working plan in my book.

[spurraider21]

I would think someone aspiring to be president wouldn't say Hey I wanna marry this transsexual person and I must adopt two girls to make it look normal... it just doesn't seem like a working plan in my book.
:lol trying to break this down rationally

derp is just obsessed with trannies. always has been

[DMC]

:lol trying to break this down rationally

derp is just obsessed with trannies. always has been

Explains why he created the threads about Reck

[ElNono]

There's explanations on that out there. Black market adoption / forged documents is the short answer. Another postulation out there is that the kids are those of a couple close to them.

lol "out there"...

iwanttobelieve.jpg

[Spurtacular]

lol "out there"...

iwanttobelieve.jpg

I'm noting that there are solid arguments out there.

Wasn't trying to trigger you. Sometimes that just happens.

[ElNono]

All that says is your bar for "solid arguments" is extremely low, tbh... not a surprise either.

[Spurtacular]

All that says is your bar for "solid arguments" is extremely low, tbh... not a surprise either.

How do you figure?

[ElNono]

How do you figure?

You said, and I quote:
"I'm noting that there are solid arguments out there."

certainly you haven't presented them here. Frankly, you're the first person I hear to come up with this conspiracy, so I suppose you're easy to dupe (not surprising either).

[Spurtacular]

You said, and I quote:
"I'm noting that there are solid arguments out there."

certainly you haven't presented them here. Frankly, you're the first person I hear to come up with this conspiracy, so I suppose you're easy to dupe (not surprising either).

I told you what I've seen out there. Would you rather I lie about it?

[ElNono]

I told you what I've seen out there. Would you rather I lie about it?

For all you presented so far, you're lying about it already.

[Spurtacular]

For all you presented so far, you're lying about it already.

You're arguing in fallacies right now. You have no L card to throw.

[ElNono]

You're arguing in fallacies right now. You have no L card to throw.

This whole thing started with you posting a fake picture. It's you that has a credibility problem, not me.

[Spurtacular]

This whole thing started with you posting a fake picture. It's you that has a credibility problem, not me.

And throwing out baggage on top. :lolK

[ElNono]

And throwing out baggage on top. :lolK

Just stating facts.

[Spurtacular]

Just stating facts.

You're not even doing that.

[ElNono]

This whole thing started with you posting a fake picture. It's you that has a credibility problem, not me.

^ fact.

[Spurtacular]

^ fact.

You're wrong AF.