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Tuesday, November 18, 2008 08:56 AM
Original article: First lady got back

Black with no back....

Articles like this are offensive. I am a black woman from a family of black woman and not one woman in my family has an ass to speak of. Why should we embrace any sterotype though? This is another way of dividing ourselves. Why can't we just be happy that there is a new difeerent looking family in the office without pretending that black people are unified by body type.

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