{"id":2277,"date":"2011-11-02T16:27:45","date_gmt":"2011-11-02T20:27:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dcdistrictdiva.com\/?p=2277"},"modified":"2011-11-02T16:27:45","modified_gmt":"2011-11-02T20:27:45","slug":"townhall-washington-times-race-baiters-desperately-cling-to-angry-black-woman-stereotype-for-michelle-obama","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brookeobie.com\/districtdiva\/townhall-washington-times-race-baiters-desperately-cling-to-angry-black-woman-stereotype-for-michelle-obama\/","title":{"rendered":"You Mad? Race-Baiters Desperately Cling to "Angry Black Woman" Stereotype for Michelle Obama"},"content":{"rendered":"

She’s happy. You mad?<\/em><\/p>\n

A November 1st 2011 poll reveals that\u00a063 percent of registered voters<\/a>\u00a0view Michelle positively. \u00a0I guess we can count Townhall.com<\/em>\u00a0“news” editor Katie Pavlich and the Washington Times<\/em>‘ Joseph Curl in the 21 percent of haters<\/a>. \u00a0Just as Michelle’s poll results were being reported by Politico<\/em>, Pavlich quoted from Curl’s article (“The Very Angry First Lady Michelle Obama”) in her own, titled “Mad Michelle: Hitting the Campaign Attack Trail.”<\/p>\n

Oh, race-baiters, you’ve had 4 years<\/a> to come up with something new. \u00a0Though, as a writer myself, your lack of creativity disappoints me, I must say I’m not surprised: perpetuators of racism are known for their narrow minds. \u00a0And so we get this recycled crap from Curl:<\/p>\n

Michelle<\/a>\u2019s back, and she\u2019s madder than ever. She was already pretty angry, seemingly unhappy with just about everything. As her husband wrapped up the Democratic nomination in 2008, she let fly her real feelings: \u201cFor the first time in my adult lifetime, I\u2019m really proud of my country.\u201d<\/p>\n

Attention apologists: slavery of human beings happened in America for centuries and despite Scarlett O’Hara and Kathryn Stockett’s<\/a> accounts to the contrary, IT SUCKED. \u00a0And I know you hate to acknowledge it, but institutionalized racism is real<\/a>. \u00a0There is very much to be disappointed about in American history. Acknowledging as much is quintessentially American. \u00a0But let’s continue with Curl’s “evidence” of Michelle’s “anger”:<\/p>\n

A few months into her job as first lady, her French counterpart asked how she liked the gig: \u201cDon\u2019t ask!\u201d she reportedly spat. \u201cIt\u2019s hell. I can\u2019t stand it!\u201d<\/p>\n

Michelle Obama supposedly said this to French first lady Carla Bruni, which makes this hearsay. And even if she said it, how unfortunate for her that her strenuous duties as first lady and mother are not sugar and sunshine everyday like race-baiting must be for Curl and the Washington Times<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Curl finishes up with this little nugget:<\/p>\n

Now, she is ready to spew her bilious disgust with America on the campaign trail. A dignified, transcendent first lady? No chance.\u00a0Michelle<\/a>\u00a0is going to break with a hundred years of tradition and play the role of attack dog, heaping derision on her husband\u2019s political opponents like no other first lady before her.<\/p>\n

If only Google were free and open to the public! Oh, wait<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Out on the campaign trail raising re-election cash and promoting reading, Laura Bush is staunchly defending her husband’s credibility and taking a shot at Democrats who claim he skipped out on his National Guard duty.<\/p>\n

From the Associated Press article “First Lady Defends Husband on Campaign Trail<\/a>“<\/em><\/p>\n

And this is what was so vile that Curl felt empowered enough to call the First Lady of the United States an “attack dog”:<\/p>\n

\u201cLet\u2019s not forget about what it meant when my husband appointed two brilliant\u00a0Supreme Court<\/a>\u00a0justices, and for the first time in history, our daughters – and our sons – watched three women take their seats on our nation\u2019s highest court. But more importantly, let\u2019s not forget the impact their decisions will have on our lives for decades to come – on our privacy and our security, on whether we can speak freely, worship openly and love whomever we choose. That is what\u2019s at stake here,\u201d she said to applause.<\/p>\n

\u201cWill we be a country where opportunity is limited to just the few at the top? Who are we? Or will we give every child a chance to succeed no matter where they\u2019re from, or what they look like or how much money their parents have. Who are we?”<\/p>\n

Apparently, Pavlich, Curl, and their ilk are the kind of people who are angered by simple American\u00a0<\/em>truths.<\/p>\n

A few months back, after Faux News blatantly floated racist imagery<\/a> on its website, I pondered the question How Do You Love People So Much They Stop Being Racists? <\/em>While I’m still working on that part, I also acknowledge that even Jesus flipped a table or two <\/a>when people were acting foolish. \u00a0Though I won’t go as far as that, I will offer Pavlich and Curl a simple prescription: read the poem “Still I Rise<\/a>” by Maya Angelou. I guarantee you’ll learn a little bit about where your hate is coming from. Then, seek actual therapy instead of spewing your anger all over the internet.<\/p>\n

Our awe-worthy First Lady defines class, brilliance and beauty. She is the epitome of a good mother to two beautiful and intelligent daughters and wife to the most powerful man this side of the galaxy. \u00a0And you’re still hating, and you’re still you. \u00a0To that, I ask:
\n\"you<\/a>
\nh\/t April<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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