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Tuesday, November 18, 2008 12:00 AM

First lady got back

I'm a black woman who never thought I'd see a powerful, beautiful female with a body like mine in the White House. Then I saw Michelle Obama -- and her booty!
By Erin Aubry Kaplan

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  • Tuesday, November 18, 2008 07:47 PM

    @zoltan: No need to apologize for white folks depravity..I do not apologize for Black folks insanity

    Nice gesture but really ERIN Kaplan cheap pulp fiction to validate her Blackness at the expense of Black woman is a very old custom in Black venues..We have long tolerated black apologists, self esteem challenged Black folks, all manner of Black folks that have been wounded by white racism, privledge, supremacy,etc you know the script...

    I am sadden that people Like Joan and salon fear the reality of this moment and threshold chapter of American life about to unfold in full view on jan 20, 2009....

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