We might do well to ignore the chatter coming from our paler sister friends. They are entitled to their opinions, but until they’ve walked a mile in our shoes, with the limitations and restrictions we continue to battle on a daily basis, all I’m hearing is noise.
This article opened my eyes, and dare I say changed my life. I am a 32 year old black feminist who went along with the chatter not really being able to make the connection.
Valsays these radical feminist that seem to have a problem with the first lady describing her self as mom in chief are very much mis guided, it’s gas and the first lady is in her own way trying to signal to you black women/mother not to view your role as mother as less than they don’t understand that she were not talking to them [white feminist], if white women have a problem with it that’s on them and they are showing there ignorance there family had a 400 years lead on black family in this country, our problem are deferent the first lady knows this and in her own way is trying to signal to you black women when you decide to bring life into this world [nature gave only females that power] above all take your role as mother serious and above all career, title etc. be proud of motherhood, she know time is limited she might not get another shoot to get her massage over to you black women/mother. Michelle Obama is the greatest first Lady ever she is what black women need at this time as a model of strong women, mother, wife and leader only if black women learn to be smart and read between the lines when she is talking and pickup on what she is saying only to you thru her action and what she is saying, I as a black man admire her above her husband and love her.
Michelle obama will be in the office for four more years. So this will be more inspiration and good things from her. Hate her you can move out of the country. I love Michelle and im glad you agree
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I am a 62-year-old white feminist. I absolutely love Michelle Obama. Her characterization of herself as “mom-in-chief” bugged me, because she is so much more than that. On the other hand, now that I have raised five children to adulthood and am grandma to eight (evenly divided between boys and girls), I can say that the work of being Mom was the most important thing of my live. And I didn’t always do it well. My parents were immigrants with an eighth-grade education. My mother was a hotel maid who worked her way up to head housekeeper. I was never rich or privileged; my sons’ father was abusive and not interested in supporting them in any way after the divorce. But because of that, I finished my education and now have a pretty darn comfortable life… and I like to think that I invested that self-determination in my children. I hope you can look at this issue from the standpoint of economic status rather than purely racial status and see that many of us old white broads share common ground with you.
Sound like you were a mom in chief, no one is perfect, no one wrote a manual on parenting I admire your strength however our problem in the black family and community are deferent than whites, look at the news, we need strong dedicated mothers and father dedicated to parenting above all, we need less conflict between mother and father, males and females and more focus on parenting to solve our family and community problems so yes since mothers are the first teacher [males do not bring life into this world nature gave that power to females] women should and must not view motherhood as less than, society should hold motherhood in the highest esteem above all, career, titles etc. because mothers raise up great nation!
Though you share common ground on a class level you do not on a level of race both socially and systematically. It isn’t something that you need to be ashamed of but aware of and to understand that women of color from a background similar to your upbringing also must rise above, fight against and find support for the racism and oppression that still exist in this country. It is a very real thing and the best thing you can do is work to help stand with all women and understand their personal struggles in comparison to and outside of your own.
We might do well to ignore the chatter coming from our paler sister friends. They are entitled to their opinions, but until they’ve walked a mile in our shoes, with the limitations and restrictions we continue to battle on a daily basis, all I’m hearing is noise.
This article opened my eyes, and dare I say changed my life. I am a 32 year old black feminist who went along with the chatter not really being able to make the connection.
Valsays these radical feminist that seem to have a problem with the first lady describing her self as mom in chief are very much mis guided, it’s gas and the first lady is in her own way trying to signal to you black women/mother not to view your role as mother as less than they don’t understand that she were not talking to them [white feminist], if white women have a problem with it that’s on them and they are showing there ignorance there family had a 400 years lead on black family in this country, our problem are deferent the first lady knows this and in her own way is trying to signal to you black women when you decide to bring life into this world [nature gave only females that power] above all take your role as mother serious and above all career, title etc. be proud of motherhood, she know time is limited she might not get another shoot to get her massage over to you black women/mother. Michelle Obama is the greatest first Lady ever she is what black women need at this time as a model of strong women, mother, wife and leader only if black women learn to be smart and read between the lines when she is talking and pickup on what she is saying only to you thru her action and what she is saying, I as a black man admire her above her husband and love her.
Michelle obama will be in the office for four more years. So this will be more inspiration and good things from her. Hate her you can move out of the country. I love Michelle and im glad you agree
I am a 62-year-old white feminist. I absolutely love Michelle Obama. Her characterization of herself as “mom-in-chief” bugged me, because she is so much more than that. On the other hand, now that I have raised five children to adulthood and am grandma to eight (evenly divided between boys and girls), I can say that the work of being Mom was the most important thing of my live. And I didn’t always do it well. My parents were immigrants with an eighth-grade education. My mother was a hotel maid who worked her way up to head housekeeper. I was never rich or privileged; my sons’ father was abusive and not interested in supporting them in any way after the divorce. But because of that, I finished my education and now have a pretty darn comfortable life… and I like to think that I invested that self-determination in my children. I hope you can look at this issue from the standpoint of economic status rather than purely racial status and see that many of us old white broads share common ground with you.
Sound like you were a mom in chief, no one is perfect, no one wrote a manual on parenting I admire your strength however our problem in the black family and community are deferent than whites, look at the news, we need strong dedicated mothers and father dedicated to parenting above all, we need less conflict between mother and father, males and females and more focus on parenting to solve our family and community problems so yes since mothers are the first teacher [males do not bring life into this world nature gave that power to females] women should and must not view motherhood as less than, society should hold motherhood in the highest esteem above all, career, titles etc. because mothers raise up great nation!
Though you share common ground on a class level you do not on a level of race both socially and systematically. It isn’t something that you need to be ashamed of but aware of and to understand that women of color from a background similar to your upbringing also must rise above, fight against and find support for the racism and oppression that still exist in this country. It is a very real thing and the best thing you can do is work to help stand with all women and understand their personal struggles in comparison to and outside of your own.