tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2414290528721230538.post280831623416844867..comments2024-01-13T05:32:19.026-05:00Comments on just a conservative girl: Michelle Obama's Message to the Black Community - Education Is Not "Acting White"Just a conservative girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11982406297072353275noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2414290528721230538.post-17853505637520303972013-05-28T05:15:01.881-04:002013-05-28T05:15:01.881-04:00i applaud your comments as well as Michelle's....i applaud your comments as well as Michelle's.<br /><br /><br />in fairness, there is absolutely nothing unusual about the Obamas speaking this way to black audiences. in fact, they are often criticized by certain black acamedic-types for consistently sounding conservative on this particular issue.<br /><br /><br />candidate obama spoke like this at a black church in 2007 (probably still on youtube) and president Obama spoke this way at a Morehouse commencement just last week.<br /><br /><br />the bottom line problem is this: (a) blacks who "get it" don't need sermons like this, and (b) and blacks who don't "get it" aren't listening.<br /><br /><br />the solution (in my view)? a re-orientation of values among those who don't get it. that's gonna take time.net observerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11267868386003645693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2414290528721230538.post-642640100712245702013-05-21T12:18:54.011-04:002013-05-21T12:18:54.011-04:00Obama - the president, has let black people down. ...Obama - the president, has let black people down. There are a lot of things he could have done instead of busying himself with being a utopian socialist that would have been of lasting value to black people. But he did none of them.<br /><br />Michelle's speech, while on the right track, does not address the economic woes that have only been prolonged and in many cases, intensified, by her husband's scamming. <br /><br />LLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05538854359365988863noreply@blogger.com