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• Wednesday, August 20, 2008 09:53 AM

  @ Ouroboros

  Michelle Obama:

  "There was no doubt in my mind that as a member of the black community, I am obligated to this community and will utilize all of my present and future resources to benefit the black community first and foremost."

  How is this not racist?

  Why do you want to think it is racist?

  That is -- and I hope you will forgive me -- something I find very suspect.

  If I were to say this:

  As a woman, who is aware of discrimination based upon sex, I feel obligated to the feminist community and will utilize all of my present and further resources to benefit women first and foremost.

  Does that make me a sexist? Does that mean that I hate men?

  And if some men decide to take great offense at that and any and all efforts that I might make on the behalf of women, these men, who are members of the community who still get about 25% more wages and income than women, who are still very much the majority of political leaders, who are still able to control the top tier of of decision makers in the corporate world, are they not the true sexists?

  So if you really believe that there is something improper in that Michelle Obama statement, albeit taken out of the context of the rest of her thesis, what does that make you?

  —AKA Smith Read AKA Smith's other letters
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