What Michelle Can Teach Us

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  Posted By: MarylanderM @ 11/23/2009 11:16:00 AM

  Apart from the race issue (and I know that's asking a lot) I'd just like her to break out of that " llittle woman" first lady stereotype and USE the stupid position for something...anything...other than her looks...come on: Harvard educated, career woman and all we get right now is gardening and fitness? I know her kids are a priority---I just hope she finds a substantive role for herself soon before we all drown in this sexism.........

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  Posted By: JRCGainesville @ 04/26/2009 1:10:05 PM

  Besides being a flaming racist, yeah, she's great. Funny--I don't recall Claire Huxtable whining about the world is so unfair like Mrs. Chosen One.

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  Posted By: it's about the future @ 12/14/2008 10:27:14 PM

  As a white woman with irish grandparents, i want to say something about the concept of race first of all:
  Our phenotypes (body types and skin color) reflect our ancestry and the way the evolutionary process
  shaped our bodies over time.
  
  The process of evolution shaped our body to adapt to wherever humans lived on the planet. A longer body stays cooler. A short, stocky body will stay warmer. Needing more Vitamin D (sunlight) favors a northern, white skin. Needing less Vitamin D favors a darker skin. This is not a static process, but an evolving process.
  
  Cultural meaning is superficially placed on top of that.
  The concept of 'race' has no substance apart from what is culturally constructed.
  
  This aside, Michelle Obama is totally stunning on every level i can think of and am so glad she is to be our First Lady.