It is almost impossible to write a more eloquently written piece on whites and blacks than that of which Michelle Obama has written. Read on, these are insights into the mind of the woman who wants to be the First Lady of America, courtesy of http://husaria.wordpress.com/2008/05/29/barack-and-michelle-obamas-black-nationalism-in-their-own-words/
From her essay “Princeton Educated Blacks and the Black Community,”
“Earlier in my college career, there was no doubt in my mind that as a member of the Black community I was somehow obligated to this community and would use all of my present and future resources to benefit this community first and foremost. My experiences at Princeton have made me more aware of my “Blackness” than ever before. Michelle LaVaughn Robinson Obama
…and further in her essay she states:
“Elements of Black culture which make it unique from White culture such as its music, its language, the struggles and a “consciousness” shared by its people may be attributed to the injustices and oppression suffered by this race of people which are not comparable to the experiences of any other race of people through this country’s history. However, with the increasing integration of Blacks into the mainstream society, many “integrated Blacks” have lost touch with the Black culture in their attempts to become adjusted and comfortable in their new culture–the White culture. Some of these Blacks are no longer able to enjoy the qualities which make Black culture so unique or are unable to share their culture openly with other Blacks because they have become so far removed from these experiences and, in some instances, ashamed of them because of their integration.” Michelle LaVaughn Robinson Obama
It is amazing to me that the people of America have become so enarmoured with Barack and Michelle Obama. They are not happy with being Americans. By their own words they are “embarrassed” and “not proud” of America. Yet, ironically, they want to lead this country.
I am not opposed to equal rights, but equal for all people not just the black community. I am amazed that Michelle Obama does not want the integration of blacks into the mainstream society. Isn’t that what all of the screaming and yelling is about? To be treated equally, to have the same chance at social growth as whites? Excuse me, but I am terribly confused by this reversal of thought by Michelle Obama. And they want us to believe they never heard Rev. Jeremiah Wright preaching this same rhetoric from his pulpit? I am not an idiot.
July 17, 2008 at 1:31 am
That is too bad. If elected, the Obamas should use the chance to bring everyone together. Statements like that dont help.
July 17, 2008 at 1:39 am
It is extremely alarming to think that he might actually get himself elected and push this way of thinking to the forefront of American politics.
July 18, 2008 at 8:22 am
you are not an idiot. i know that because you said so. did you know that the mother of MO’s first roommate at prineton demanded that her daughter be moved to another room because she didn’t want her daughter to room with a black girl? did you know that? upon finishing her time at princeton, MO wrote a thoughtful thesis on her struggles with her racial identity and her obligations to the black community. you have to remember that the goal of affirmative action (of which MO was a beneficiary) was to allow blacks exposure to slite institutions so that they may give a leg up to the others in their community. if you want to have a discussion about the merits and failing of affirmative action programs, i think MO would make a very interesting study. her writings at the time may yet prove to be a valuable resource. she was just out of college having just had an experience she felt was isolating. to take these honest explorations of a bright young woman and to make them sound somehow sinister and racist is dishonest.
July 18, 2008 at 9:30 pm
She has not come out and stated that she was wrong to have written those passages in her youth. So she apparently still stands by her words. She is a racist, she is not my ideal for MY First Lady. She apparently, even in her later years, held these racist positions given her choice of pastor in Jeremiah Wright.