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Looking at Michelle Obama I have many impressions- I am struck by her smile, her intelligence, her obvious love for her husband.
Not once has it occurred to me to try and size up her "booty factor"- its disrespectful to her, and as others have said, it seems to harken back to the ugly old stereotype from plantation days, wherein black women are to be assesed first, if not only, in terms of their desirability as a tool for sex.
It sounds ugly, small-minded and demeaning coming from anyone- I dont care if you have the "proud black woman" bona fides.
