Michelle Obama Newsweek December 2008 Cover Photo – Michelle Obama graces the cover of the December 2008 issue of Newsweek magazine.Allison Samuels wrote in her piece called Being Michelle Obama:A look at the life of the nation’s next First Lady:
Like many African-American women I know, Michelle has had a lot of practice at the delicate tap dance of getting along in the mainstream white world. During all those years in boardrooms and a topnotch law firm—not to mention the exclusive clubs of Princeton and Harvard Law School—she’s had to learn to blend in. Now she’ll have to go even further in convincing two very different constituencies—African-Americans and everyone else—that they can trust her as their First Lady. And she’ll have to do it all while remaining true to her authentic self.
I will try to keep an open mind about this article on Michelle Obama because I have only read the blurb mentioned on this page, but I beg to differ that Michelle Obama will have to convince ” two very different constituencies—African-Americans and everyone else—that they can trust her as their First Lady. ” First, she doesn’t have to prove or convince anyone of anything. She has not committed any crime that would make one doubt their trust in her. She only has to be true to herself. And second, when are non-African Americans going to realize that we are like “everyone else.” Why would we be a separate constituency? Last I checked, we are Americans first and foremost. We have red blood coursing through our veins like everyone else. We are normal, human beings, too.