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Hey Michelle, I've been asked to do the same thing. Many times
Posted on 12/17/14 at 11:04 am
Posted on 12/17/14 at 11:04 am
Michelle Obama gives this as an example of her past "racist experiences."
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Michelle Obama: I Was Asked to Take Something Off a Shelf at Target
The Obamas talked with People magazine about dealing with their "own racist experiences," as the magazine described.
Michelle Obama told one story that recently took place, even as she was first lady of the United States.
"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," Michelle Obama, who is 5'11", said.
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Posted on 12/17/14 at 11:05 am to Frank Black
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Frank Black
of course you have
Posted on 12/17/14 at 11:06 am to Frank Black
I don't see how they can even infer anything about the American public from the incident as this Target was in Germany.
This post was edited on 12/17/14 at 11:07 am
Posted on 12/17/14 at 11:07 am to Frank Black
Is she saying the person was racist for asking for help?
Posted on 12/17/14 at 11:09 am to Frank Black
A lady at work this morning asked me to get some coffee creamer down from the top shelf because she couldn't reach it.
Traumatizing, I tell ya. I feel so abused.
Traumatizing, I tell ya. I feel so abused.
Posted on 12/17/14 at 11:09 am to nerd guy
quote:No, she was discriminated against for being tall.
Is she saying the person was racist for asking for help
Posted on 12/17/14 at 11:10 am to Frank Black
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Because she didn't see me as the first lady, she saw me as someone who could help her.
Interesting quote. And rather telling.
This post was edited on 12/17/14 at 11:11 am
Posted on 12/17/14 at 11:12 am to Frank Black
It's a weirdly clinical level of narcissism, mixed with Marxist assumptions about Class and Race reinforced daily by every single person around them.
If you told the same story, somebody near you would tell you "SNAP THE frick OUT OF IT" and tell you the 147 things that had happened to them. But because they exist in "The Affirmation Cocoon" (*uh oh sounds racist) they are never challenged.
Again, this is a REAL tragedy and missed opportunity for our country. And one we won't get back. It's a damn shame.
If you told the same story, somebody near you would tell you "SNAP THE frick OUT OF IT" and tell you the 147 things that had happened to them. But because they exist in "The Affirmation Cocoon" (*uh oh sounds racist) they are never challenged.
Again, this is a REAL tragedy and missed opportunity for our country. And one we won't get back. It's a damn shame.
This post was edited on 12/17/14 at 11:15 am
Posted on 12/17/14 at 11:15 am to PsychTiger
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don't see how they can even infer anything about the American public from the incident as this Target was in Germany.
How many Americans would recognize Germany's 1st lady?
Posted on 12/17/14 at 11:16 am to Frank Black
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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," Michelle Obama, who is 5'11", said.
How is this even relevant to this race-baiting article? M.O. even admits "she saw me as someone who could help her"- how the hell is that racist? I guess she's implying that black people are always helping, i.e. "serving", the white folk.
And like this story is even real. Like the lady that asked her for help didn't see the secret service and multiple cameras following the first lady around. Anyone that reads People Magazine should be sterilized.
Posted on 12/17/14 at 11:18 am to DosManos
quote:That seems to be the point she was making.
how the hell is that racist? I guess she's implying that black people are always helping, i.e. "serving", the white folk.
Posted on 12/17/14 at 11:19 am to BlackHelicopterPilot
he's not black like barry white, no his is white like frank black is.
Posted on 12/17/14 at 11:22 am to BlackHelicopterPilot
Posted on 12/17/14 at 11:22 am to McLemore
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he's not black like barry white, no his is white like frank black is.
ETA: For the perpetually offended
* no use of the word "neeger" was used during the making of this gif...subject actor notwithstanding *
This post was edited on 12/17/14 at 11:26 am
Posted on 12/17/14 at 11:25 am to Frank Black
I was in Wal Mart a few weeks back. There was no 1/2-1/2 visable on the bottom shelf of the cooler. I got on my knees and reached to the back of the cooler and retrieved a couple. I'm 72, but I have long arms, like a black man. While I was down, another elderly man asked me if I would get him a quart. So I did.
Now I'm wondering if he saw me as an old person, thought that I was black, or thought that I was a midget.
Now I'm wondering if he saw me as an old person, thought that I was black, or thought that I was a midget.
Posted on 12/17/14 at 11:27 am to Frank Black
<- wears the wrong color polo to Academy all the time - gets asked for help with lots of sporting goods issues.
I dream of the day where a person is not judged by how tall they are or what color shirt they're wearing, but by the content of their character. (With all due apologies to Dr. King, RIP.)
I dream of the day where a person is not judged by how tall they are or what color shirt they're wearing, but by the content of their character. (With all due apologies to Dr. King, RIP.)
Posted on 12/17/14 at 11:29 am to Ace Midnight
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<- wears the wrong color polo to Academy all the time - gets asked for help with lots of sporting goods issues.
pfffft...try being me and having your favorite casual attire being an orange jumpsuit!!
How is that MY fault???
Posted on 12/17/14 at 11:30 am to Frank Black
So now its racist to ask for help getting things off of a shelf? Well thats great, I can drop my white guilt since I myself have experienced such petulant racism many times.
ETA: If SNL had any balls left, this would make for a great skit.
ETA: If SNL had any balls left, this would make for a great skit.
This post was edited on 12/17/14 at 11:37 am
Posted on 12/17/14 at 11:55 am to Ace Midnight
Wore a navy shirt to Wal-Mart once. Realized my faux pas when someone asked me for assistance.
Not the only time its ever happened.
Also, as POTUS and FLOTUS their job, by fricking definition, IS TO SERVE the American people.
Not the only time its ever happened.
Also, as POTUS and FLOTUS their job, by fricking definition, IS TO SERVE the American people.
Posted on 12/17/14 at 11:56 am to BlackHelicopterPilot
No need for the disclaimer bhp, your people are allowed to use that word.
And by your people, I of course mean helicopter pilots.
And by your people, I of course mean helicopter pilots.
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