Posted by
Deirdre on Monday, February 25, 2008 12:19:27 PM
I think Michelle Obama's comments were inappropriate for a potential first lady and I believe that she spoke from her heart. But I think that the only thing that Michelle is guilty of is not hiring a coach to teach her how to cover up her true feelings like all other politician and politician wives. I think Ms. Malkin's article Michelle Obama's America -- and Mine was on point in one respect only ... Michelle Obama's America IS different from Michelle Malkin's. First Michelle Obama is not a "woman of color", Michelle Obama is a black woman and to insinuate that Michelle Obama and Michelle Malkin share the same history tells me that Ms. Malkin is both out of touch with reality and with history. First , ancestors of women of color came to the U.S. voluntarily, whereas ancestors of Black women came against their will. Ancestors of women of color were able to establish communities of their immediate families and extended families. Whereas black women were raped, beaten and separated from their children and their husbands. Black women witnessed their husbands lynched, beaten and chased by dogs. Now I would be interested to know how many of Ms. Malkin's ancestors were slaves, how many of her family were separated, beaten and lynched. How many of Ms. Malkin's ancestors were killed if it became known that they knew how to read? I think there is a difference between being grateful that slavery ended and being proud of a country that engaged in and then later ended slavery. How many anti-Obama people are proud of slavery? How many are proud of lynching? How many are proud of people killing others for learning how to read?
Frankly, I am proud of Michelle Obama for being able to find something in her adult life to be proud of after black women and black people have been treated as thought they are less than human.
I am a black woman and I have served this country and my children have served this country in the Iraq war, but I can honestly say that I am grateful for the opportunities that I have received; I am loyal to this country, I am proud to see people vote without regard to color and I am happy that slavery ended. And while I agree that this country has a lot of things to be proud of there are a lot of things that this country has to be ashamed of and so a statement such as Michelle's that she is really proud, is not a statement against patriotism, but a statement showing patriotism, but acknowledging that America has not always done things that a black person can be proud of.