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Michelle Obama on racism
Dec 18, 2014, 10:14 AM
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"I tell this story – I mean, even as the first lady – during that wonderfully publicized trip I took to Target, not highly disguised, the only person who came up to me in the store was a woman who asked me to help her take something off a shelf. Because she didn't see me as the first lady, she saw me as someone who could help her. Those kinds of things happen in life. So it isn't anything new."
wteffffff?????????
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Heisman Winner [120205]
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She was disguised
Dec 18, 2014, 10:19 AM
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as a MAN...
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Oculus Spirit [81387]
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she always is***
Dec 18, 2014, 10:53 AM
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Oculus Spirit [79006]
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short people ask me for help in grocery stores sometimes
Dec 18, 2014, 10:30 AM
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when they can't reach something
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110%er [5508]
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I wear a red shirt to toys r us during the holiday season
Dec 18, 2014, 10:45 AM
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The store is always mega crowded. Shoppers are desperately searching for employee assistance. Someone will undoubtedly mistake me for an employee and ask where to find a certain toy. The look on their face when I simply respond, "I don't know" is priceless.
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Re: Michelle Obama on racism
Dec 18, 2014, 10:55 AM
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She's just playing the race card. She told a totally different version of this story years ago.
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Oculus Spirit [79508]
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But what you don't understand, is helping people is so
Dec 18, 2014, 11:19 AM
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below Michelle...She's the first lady!
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Sometimes I think it would be nice...
Dec 18, 2014, 12:58 PM
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to be able to blame racism for people being stupid or a-holes, or just for anything that inconveniences me or makes me feel undervalued. But then, I remember that it would suck to look around you and constantly think that everyone was a horrible racist d-bag.
Who hasn't been mistaken for somebody who was working at a store before? The difference is that if you're not a minority, you chalk it up to something other than racism.
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Re: Sometimes I think it would be nice...
Dec 18, 2014, 1:44 PM
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Some folks like Cruz, Rove, Limbaugh. etc. just keep taking cheap potshots at the families of politicians that they do not like. I think that is the case here. I can't think of a legitimate reason to do hope and I never will. May the Holiday season mellow everyone here and Go Tigers.
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Legend [18310]
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Thanks for the TD,
Dec 20, 2014, 2:22 PM
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it inspires me to know that I hit a nerve. Again, it would be nice if you could rid yourself of some of the hate bottled up within you. Hope your holiday is good and love abounds. It is a great way to live when you are with loved ones. Go Tigers.
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My,
Dec 27, 2014, 11:56 AM
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the sneaky and anonymous tea party skulkers amongst us are really on a roll. There is quite a flow of them. Come on dudes, you can do even better if you try. Happy New Year and Go Tigers.
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I didn't view it as a racial statement as much as typical
Dec 18, 2014, 1:24 PM
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Obama elitism. She is obviously "above" helping the woman out, because she is the first lady.
They extend the term entitlement well beyond the financial aid realm. As POTUS AND FLOTUS, they are entitled to all the spoils.
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Oculus Spirit [81387]
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Their first two years in the WH and it like a weekly
Dec 18, 2014, 4:06 PM
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Thursday night house party..in the White House.
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Legend [15757]
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Good Lord. That quote is attributed to "how the Obama's
Dec 18, 2014, 3:52 PM
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deal with their own racist experiences."
I give up. If the First Lady thinks that you're racist for asking a 5'11" woman for help getting a product off a high shelf, then they see racism everywhere. I saw the picture of her in the Target store. NO ONE would confuse her for an employee. That was one person asking another for help.
That is terrible.
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OMG is she going to be okay?***
Dec 18, 2014, 4:31 PM
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Re: OMG is she going to be okay?***
Dec 19, 2014, 9:44 AM
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Lol...exactly......If I see someone struggling to reach something and I can help them they do not need to ask.
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Re: OMG is she going to be okay?***
Dec 19, 2014, 10:00 AM
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Sir Galahad to the rescue???? Happy Holidays to You, The First Lady and everybody. Go Tigers.
Looks like the CIC has a bucket list, I hope he pulls it off in grand style.
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Re: OMG is she going to be okay?***
Dec 19, 2014, 1:42 PM
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True story: This morning I was walking down the street, not highly disguised, and the only person who came up to me was a black woman asked me for directions to the courthouse. She just saw me as someone who could help her. As Michelle said, those kinds of things happen in life. So it isn't anything new.
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hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
Dec 19, 2014, 3:09 PM
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a black person that doesn't know where the courthouse is
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110%er [5508]
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I had a black lady ask me for help starting her car on Wednesday
Dec 20, 2014, 2:31 PM
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I think she just saw me as a man and ASSUMED I would have jumper cables. I did get a hug out of it afterwards.
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Wow. Are you okay?
Dec 21, 2014, 5:05 PM
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And here's one more true story. Happened just yesterday. I was at the store and a white woman asked me to reach something off a shelf.
I immediately knew how Michelle must have felt.
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So one becomes a rassist to ask another person for help.
Dec 20, 2014, 8:29 PM
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What a shame! What a tangled web...
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Re: Michelle Obama on racism
Dec 26, 2014, 10:12 PM
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The point she is making is that people look at an African-American woman and think she is "the help". This shouldn't be that hard to understand. It's a problem that I've heard black people frequently experience.
I think everyone needs to relax a little and try to see things from the opposite perspective. White people and black people need to do this. And as a white guy I can think back to times when my preconceived notions of race, or prejudices if you will, could have an adverse affect on people.
Once we had some friends over who were African-American and their daughter struck me as tall and I asked her if she liked basketball. Well this offended her mom. Turns out the girl wasn't really taller. I just looked at her and thought basketball because she was black. Now I know most people here would say that is insignificant, but what if everyone who encounters that girl imagines her as the future "help" or as an athlete and no one imagines her as a doctor or lawyer simply because of the color of her skin? Neil de Grasse Tyson has talked about how this becomes a formidable obstacle to many African-Americans. And if you look at it that way you can understand why the mom was bothered by my comment.
There are lots of studies out there showing how race affects us in a lot more ways than we imagine and we need to be aware of if we have any hope of fixing it. That's the reason the Obamas are discussing it.
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I heard Obama talking about race the other week
Dec 27, 2014, 12:40 AM
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and how race relations in the US are affecting blacks now. And thats about all I heard of his speech because I cut the TV off about 10 seconds after I turned it on.
'cause like I said then in the lounge then...he's a black dude and is the POTUS. And got elected to the gig twice. I'm a white dude and probably couldn't get voted the president of my HOA-Once.
I'm not worried about blacks and their issues. I'm a middle aged white dude in IT, and in < 10 years I'll be more unemployable than a black guy with a record, and also won't be eligible to live off the gubmint. Honestly, I have bigger fish to fry.
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Many years ago, they used to be the help
Dec 28, 2014, 2:06 AM
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now they are on welfare and the messicans are the help
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So, just to be clear...you think the First Lady
Dec 28, 2014, 12:39 PM
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was correct to use an example of a white woman asking her for help at a Target getting an item off of a high shelf as an example of racism that she has had to endure? You think anger at a fellow human asking for some help at a store is appropriate for the woman married to the black man that this horribly racist country saw fit to elect to lead our country?
Just out of curiosity, how would the woman in this story be considered NOT racist? Ignore Michele? Struggle to get the product herself...maybe climb some shelves? Go ask an actual Target employee for help...and if that's the proper non-racist thing to do, are there any considerations given to the various races of the employees? Any sexists considerations? This is a lot for a woman shopping at Target to consider, and I want to make sure we cover all the bases. I'm concerned that if she had struggled to get the item herself without asking the 5'11" African American woman nearby for assistance, that perhaps that TOO would be a form of racism.
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