Former first lady Michelle Obama said at a recent event that the US isn’t ready for a woman president, pointing to former Vice President Kamala Harris’ unsuccessful bid for the White House last year.
I thought we were ready for a Black president, and maybe some of the country was. Where I was living at the time, a white man was okay working side by side with a Black man. He’d call him brother, they’d eat at each other’s places, their wives would hang out, their kids would play together… I thought racism was mostly a memory. People were even fine with a Black boss. But when it came to a Black president, they just couldn’t cope.
If these people can’t see past skin colour, they definitely won’t see past gender. For these people, the First Gentleman would be the “real” president. They would not respect her and, at most, would say she’s just the spokesman for the real president. A lot of people liked Michelle Obama, but not because she’s Michelle Obama, but because she’s Mrs Barack Obama. They don’t care what she thinks or knows, they just expect that she’s speaking for him. And, I think, in 8 years, we saw that she was her own person, but a lot of people couldn’t see it.
I wonder if she’s interested in running. I think Michelle Obama would poll better than Kamala Harris. I have a feeling she’s done with politics, though, if she were ever really interested.
She’s right.
I thought we were ready for a Black president, and maybe some of the country was. Where I was living at the time, a white man was okay working side by side with a Black man. He’d call him brother, they’d eat at each other’s places, their wives would hang out, their kids would play together… I thought racism was mostly a memory. People were even fine with a Black boss. But when it came to a Black president, they just couldn’t cope.
If these people can’t see past skin colour, they definitely won’t see past gender. For these people, the First Gentleman would be the “real” president. They would not respect her and, at most, would say she’s just the spokesman for the real president. A lot of people liked Michelle Obama, but not because she’s Michelle Obama, but because she’s Mrs Barack Obama. They don’t care what she thinks or knows, they just expect that she’s speaking for him. And, I think, in 8 years, we saw that she was her own person, but a lot of people couldn’t see it.
I wonder if she’s interested in running. I think Michelle Obama would poll better than Kamala Harris. I have a feeling she’s done with politics, though, if she were ever really interested.
When polled, 12% of men believed they could beat Serena Williams in tennis.
Because, you know. She’s a girl. Like, how good could she be?
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Then again, IIRC, when polled, a sizable percent of men though they could beat up a gorilla, so…