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Michelle Obama is a
beautiful, smart and intelligent women who is comfortable in her skin and
embrace womanhood. The modern day feminist was started in the 1960s by white
lesbians who by their very nature had a problem with healthy male female
relationship and traditional family structure that being said they will never
be happy unless Mrs. Obama rebel against, cheapen and devalue motherhood and
her role as wife to a male anything short of that they will never be satisfied
with her!
Feminist, here. Being a feminist doesn't mean you have to align
your views with those who believe women should "have it all" I think
that is wrong to force a woman into overloading herself. To be a feminist is
support the rights and liberties of all women, period. When a small majority
tries to impose their views on all other people (being anti-male, scoffing at a
mother's work, not acknowledging race and class differences) in my opinion they
are becoming the oppressor.
I think Mrs. Obama is doing a wonderful job of educating her young girls as well as America's girls (and boys) on how to take care of themselves. Plus, Hillary's daughter was older than Sasha and Malia at the time of Clinton's presidency. Hillary was free to take on more political duties, while Michelle most likely feels the need to be there for her children. I applaud Michelle's "it takes a village" philosophy and ability to reach the average Black family to set an example. Many people, feminists included, have forgotten that motherhood is still WORK, and should encourage any woman who makes that choice on her own and does her best job at it.
I think Mrs. Obama is doing a wonderful job of educating her young girls as well as America's girls (and boys) on how to take care of themselves. Plus, Hillary's daughter was older than Sasha and Malia at the time of Clinton's presidency. Hillary was free to take on more political duties, while Michelle most likely feels the need to be there for her children. I applaud Michelle's "it takes a village" philosophy and ability to reach the average Black family to set an example. Many people, feminists included, have forgotten that motherhood is still WORK, and should encourage any woman who makes that choice on her own and does her best job at it.
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Question, have feminism
benefited the black community and the black family structure? Are we doing
twice as better than we did in the 1960s? smdh
In the 1800s, white
feminist put their cause on the back burner for abolition. People seem to think
black women were never oppressed by black men. Very untrue, black women have
ALWAYS had higher rates of domestic abuse by their partners, seen to be the
beast of burden, and let's not forget the U.S. government's own experiment when
thousands of black women were sterilized because they were seen as unfit to
parent. So if you think you're going to try and blame feminism for the outright
misogyny displayed by many black men and hip hop culture, the amount of black
men in prisons, and the overall destruction of the black community, think again
and do your research.
I really, really get
tired of the "vocal minority" among feminist acting as though being a
full time mother is somehow "un-feminist". I believe that feminism is
about giving the women the freedom to choose how to live their lives without
reprisal and ensuring that when we make our choices we are treated as equals.
Isn't choosing to mother children full time a valid choice? This type of
thinking reflects why, at the heart of it,. Mothering OUR OWN CHILDREN in our
OWN HOMES is one of the most radical moves a black woman can make - I consider
myself a feminist but have found it difficult to be a part of the white female
dominated movement which fails to realize that BLACK WOMEN HAVE ALWAYS WORKED
OUTSIDE OF THE HOME! In fact, at one point in time, usually in THEIR HOMES because
up until very recently it wasn't even an option for most of us.
I remember a famous
quote from the classic show Good Times where sister said that white women are
trying to free themselves from a typewriter while sisters where triyng to free
themselves from a mop and broom cleaning their homes. Feminists was for white
woman whereas we black women are black first and female later. Michelle is the
most educated FIrst Lady in the White House which could be a cause for a
celebration for all women but it seems to be a problem for some folks. Michelle
doesn't even care. It's funny how women try to pit other women against each
other and men don't do that.
Essence. how about stop
reporting on every belt, cardigan, flats, hairdo, that Michelle Obama wears. We
get that you've had an obsessive love affair since the campaign. But not every
J Crew cardigan with a belt or new doobie requires an article.
Did you even read the
article? There is absolutely no reference to her wardrobe. Chill
Apparently, you missed
my point. Essence has made Michelle Obama our "Black Everything"..and
now they're saying stop making her our feminist leader. They've made her our
fashion leader, parenting leader, hairstyle leader, etc..
I'm troubled by your choice to distance yourself from feminism
altogether because of a few outspoken opinions in the name of feminism --
though I will agree that these opinions, as you have pointed out, are really
anti-feminist. To choose to withdraw yourself from the feminist movement
entirely, is to allow those few outspoken to speak for all who believe in
ending patriarchy, and allowing women their fair place in the world.
After reading enough bell hooks, Alice Walker and Patricia Hill
Collins in college, I used to identify as a womanist - looking to identify
separately from the [white] feminist movement, trying to more wholly identify
with the intersections of race and class with gender that affected my
experience. In recent years, however I have dropped the separatism of the
womanist title, and embraced the F-word because I realized that the more women
of differing opinions and experiences that identify as feminist, the more true
and real the movement is.
I agree, Michelle Obama
and Hillary Clinton should NOT be pitted against each other. They are each a
feminist shero because they choose to live their lives as they see fit - as is
best for them, and their families. And the beauty of a feminist world, is that
those realities can look totally different, and still be perfectly acceptable.
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