Comments on: Michelle Obama Gives More than Just a Speech http://www.racismreview.com/blog/2008/08/26/michelle-obama-speech/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 20:32:49 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: DNC Quick Thoughts | Young Black Professional Guide http://www.racismreview.com/blog/2008/08/26/michelle-obama-speech/comment-page-1/#comment-4943 DNC Quick Thoughts | Young Black Professional Guide Thu, 28 Aug 2008 14:09:02 +0000 http://www.racismreview.com/blog/?p=490#comment-4943 [...] think that the many notes on Michelle Obama’s softer, subtler, warmer image are on point. It sucks that we live in a racist, heterosexist world. But I guess I just want [...] [...] think that the many notes on Michelle Obama’s softer, subtler, warmer image are on point. It sucks that we live in a racist, heterosexist world. But I guess I just want [...]

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]]> By: Mordy http://www.racismreview.com/blog/2008/08/26/michelle-obama-speech/comment-page-1/#comment-4936 Mordy Wed, 27 Aug 2008 16:25:56 +0000 http://www.racismreview.com/blog/?p=490#comment-4936 I had the distinct and utter misfortune of hearing Laura Ingraham on the radio this morning as a guest on a different program. While she certainly doesn't speak for ordinary whites, astonishingly she appears on 100s of radio stations daily, and i think i can safely presume that nearly every regular listener of hers is white. But to the point- her take was that Michelle Obama was clearly "holding something back" , which she then went on to clarify as "anger". It is impossible to imagine exactly where Ingraham got that takeaway from, aside from intentionally employing the white racist frame of angry black woman. So to JDF's question, i am left to worry that many ordinary white, at least those on the right, will come away thinking something similar. I had the distinct and utter misfortune of hearing Laura Ingraham on the radio this morning as a guest on a different program. While she certainly doesn’t speak for ordinary whites, astonishingly she appears on 100s of radio stations daily, and i think i can safely presume that nearly every regular listener of hers is white. But to the point- her take was that Michelle Obama was clearly “holding something back” , which she then went on to clarify as “anger”. It is impossible to imagine exactly where Ingraham got that takeaway from, aside from intentionally employing the white racist frame of angry black woman. So to JDF’s question, i am left to worry that many ordinary white, at least those on the right, will come away thinking something similar.

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]]> By: JDF http://www.racismreview.com/blog/2008/08/26/michelle-obama-speech/comment-page-1/#comment-4935 JDF Wed, 27 Aug 2008 16:01:44 +0000 http://www.racismreview.com/blog/?p=490#comment-4935 Great post; as my wife and I watched Michelle Obama deliver the speech we knew we were witnessing history. I thought the speech helped to refute the absurd notion that the Obamas are "elitist." But I do wonder about the way ordinary whites perceived her speech (as well as perceiving Barack's on Thursday), focusing not on content but on form. McCain now has a slim lead in both Gallup and Rasmussen's daily tracking polls...will Obama get a bounce out of this convention, or will many whites react negatively to the images of African Americans on such a stage (that is, is there something deeply rooted within whites' minds via the white racial frame that rejects blacks in positions of power)? I am willing to suggest that there is such a possibility. Great post; as my wife and I watched Michelle Obama deliver the speech we knew we were witnessing history. I thought the speech helped to refute the absurd notion that the Obamas are “elitist.” But I do wonder about the way ordinary whites perceived her speech (as well as perceiving Barack’s on Thursday), focusing not on content but on form. McCain now has a slim lead in both Gallup and Rasmussen’s daily tracking polls…will Obama get a bounce out of this convention, or will many whites react negatively to the images of African Americans on such a stage (that is, is there something deeply rooted within whites’ minds via the white racial frame that rejects blacks in positions of power)? I am willing to suggest that there is such a possibility.

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]]> By: Jessie http://www.racismreview.com/blog/2008/08/26/michelle-obama-speech/comment-page-1/#comment-4933 Jessie Wed, 27 Aug 2008 10:46:14 +0000 http://www.racismreview.com/blog/?p=490#comment-4933 Terrific post, Adia. It was paradigm-shifting for me as well. One of those moments where you just go... <i>'when was the last time a black woman addressed a national audience in prime time?' </i> Oh, right. <i><b> Never.</i></b> And, the working class stuff really resonated with me as well. That whole first-generation to go to college is incredibly powerful personally. Then, there's just how good she was as a speaker working under tremendous pressure. Really flawless, imo. Here's yet another reason for me to admire Michelle: <a href="http://www.pamshouseblend.com/showDiary.do;jsessionid=2F6E312F92F7F08D5A0FE3A857B0B7D9?diaryId=6675" rel="nofollow">she attended the LGBT luncheon at the convention yesterday. </a> Terrific post, Adia. It was paradigm-shifting for me as well. One of those moments where you just go… ‘when was the last time a black woman addressed a national audience in prime time?’

Oh, right. Never.

And, the working class stuff really resonated with me as well. That whole first-generation to go to college is incredibly powerful personally. Then, there’s just how good she was as a speaker working under tremendous pressure. Really flawless, imo.

Here’s yet another reason for me to admire Michelle: she attended the LGBT luncheon at the convention yesterday.

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