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MIchelle Obama San Franscisco

Hat tip to @FakeMichelle on Twitter. Oh Oh, remember the Black Artists Association being upset that the First Lady didn’t pick a Black designer despite the fact that the BAA doesn’t actually represent Black designers. Well now some folks in Oakland San Francisco (Thanks Cee Cee) are upset about First Lady Michelle Obama’s visit to San Francisco and the Bret Harte Elementary School. It appears that they failed to heed the call for volunteers to build a playground IN THEIR OWN NEIGHBORHOOD and were miffed when they were forced to peek over the fence while the First Lady built a playground with the 500 volunteers who signed up to build a playground. Their point of contention appears to be that had they known the First Lady was going to be there, they would have volunteered to build a playground IN THEIR OWN NEIGHBORHOOD:

San Francisco Supervisor Sophie Maxwell and other African American leaders in the Bayview are not at all happy about how this week’s visit by first lady Michelle Obama was handled.

“The people in the neighborhood had to climb fences to even get a look at what was going on.”The people I have talked with felt very disengaged and somewhat offended,” Maxwell said.”All these people supposedly doing something for (neighborhood residents), and they didn’t know anything about it,” Maxwell said. SF Gate

Oh really? That’s not what one of the volunteers says. They say the NEIGHBORHOOD knew all about the playground, they just didn’t know First Lady Michelle Obama would be one of their fellow volunteers.
Michelle Obama Jackie Williams is a a longtime Bayview gardening and youth program activist. She worked at the event and says that the call for volunteers for playground construction went out weeks ago and she signed up.

“They knew about it, honey,” Williams said. “They just didn’t know the president’s wife was going to be the there.” SF Gate

See, the people in the neighborhood should have signed up to volunteer to build a playground IN THEIR OWN BACKYARD and then maybe they would have been inside the fence instead of outside. First Ladies assist volunteers in playground building in San Francisco
OH yeah, she looks really “disengaged” hugging this throng of young children.
Dear Black folks of the Bay Area, I can understand your disappointment, HOWEVER, its hard to argue that the First Lady isn’t passionate or concerned about Black folks issues when every other day she’s hanging out with students from DC Schools. By the end of this term, I suspect every school child in DC will have hugged Michelle Obama :) Come on now! Disengaged?

But yeah, if Michelle Obama came to town, I’d be disappointed that I didn’t get to see her I was on the front row when she made a surprise appearance at the morning session of the Black Caucus at the DNC in Denver. She wasn’t on program, I just went for the heck of it. I bet the people who got there late were miffed they missed it :) I trust that Sophie Maxwell will be leading the group that maintains the playground for the neighborhood now that all these meddling outsiders that built a playground IN HER NEIGHBORHOOD move on.

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This entry was posted on Wednesday, June 24th, 2009 at 6:17 am.
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16 Comments, Comment or Ping

  1. Interesting because these are some politically savvy folks, the Obamas, who have worked the machines to their benefits, but I guess now working to circumvent them a bit.

  2. admin

    There is no machine, just one disgruntled local pol who the SF gate turned into “the whole community. “

  3. danadevin85

    so i would have helped if i knew the first lady was going to be there LOL

    they should have wanted to help even if the first lady wasn’t there it’s their neighborhood

  4. Yea the honeymoon is over! You have people coming at the Obamas from everywhere. So this Ms. Maxwell would have volunteered if she knew the First Lady was going to be there. The First Lady is trying to get people to volunteer even if she is or isn’t there. Let’s not make a big deal out of this, okay Ms. Maxwell. Focus on the good, okay. I appreciate the wonderful example Mrs. Michelle Obama is setting all across this country and world.

  5. Mimi

    Honeymoon over? There was never any honeymoon and we know it. Just a few reporters biding their time until they can write THEIR narrative about Mrs. Obama.

  6. debbie

    Well it was just a matter of time before some of our people begin to want their ( SPECIAL ATTENTION) I wouldn’t be surprised to see these people on FOX NEW’S VENTING about the FIRST LADY! you would think that our people would keep their mouth SHUT! but, oh no, you would think that AFRICAN AMERICAN’S would have mercy on the OBAMA’S! but, no, they will be the one’s to sell them down the river in a heart beat, I see this on FOX NEW’S on a daily basis! let me stop now.

    GOD BLESS

  7. heatherspeaks

    well said, debbie.

    the woman sounds a lot like jesse lee peterson.

  8. Cee Cee

    Umm can I ask why you said, “Well now some folks in Oakland are upset about First Lady Michelle Obama’s visit to San Francisco and the Bret Harte Elementary School.”?

    Oakland and San Francisco are two different places. Oakland is across the Bay from San Francisco. Different city, area codes and everything. San Francisco and Oakland do not share the same neighborhoods. It’s a huge bay in between us.

    I live in Oakland and I wasn’t upset that she went to San Francisco to do volunteer work.

  9. admin

    @ Cee Cee you knw what you are absolutely right. When I thnk Bay Area, I think Oakland and Vallejo because that is where All my people live : ) Let me fix that.

  10. Cee Cee

    Thanks for fixing it.

    I guess I am a little bit protective of my city. We don’t have the best reputation as it is.

    About the story, I am assuming Sophie Maxwell and some black leaders just wanted to part of the photo op, and make seem like they were involve in the improving of the neighborhoods. Sad that to them it’s only a photo op.

    Thanks again for correcting it.

  11. Cee Cee

    Omg, sorry so many missing words in previous.

    “About the story, I am assuming Sophie Maxwell and some black leaders just wanted to be part of the photo op, and make it seem like they were involve in the improving of the neighborhoods. Sad that to them it’s only a photo op.”

  12. SjP

    You think Sophie vacations at Martha’s Vinyard? I’m just saying….

  13. Dee

    “Their point of contention appears to be that had they known the First Lady was going to be there, they would have volunteered to build a playground IN THEIR OWN NEIGHBORHOOD”

    Gina, this made me giggle! It sums up so well the foolishness that Ms. Maxwell is coming with.

    You would have thought that she would have been happy to see a positive volunteering spotlight shone on her area. Instead, she’s peeved she didn’t know the First Lady was coming to volunteer, otherwise, uhh, she’d have volunteered herself?! Good gawd!

  14. Leznoire1973

    Mrs. or Ms. Maxwell, PLEASE stand by our first lady! She is a champion for us as Black females so we should be the first to support her! She did nothing wrong sister!

  15. Maryanne

    I don’t know who the posters are on this site, but many of you are exceptionally misinformed and don’t have a clue about Sophie Maxwell and the incredible contribution she’s made to District 10. District 10 encompasses not only Bayview Hunter’s Point, but Visitaction Valley, parts of the Excelsior, the Portola District and parts of Crocker Amazon. Having grown up in this neighborhood, I can state unequivocably that she among all district supervisors for this area has made the greatest contribution. Sophie Maxwell works hard and is an extremely busy and dedicated professional.
    My impression is that Sophie was deliberately left out of knowing that there would be what I consider opportunistic and treacherous political showboating by Michelle Obama and Maria Shriver. Sophie works so hard and she has accomplished so much for this very frequently ignored and disparaged part of the City. She’s the hero, not Michelle Obama. It’s really sad that because Sophie isn’t a fashionista with ever so perfectly straightened hair, and lacking those so important biceps that she is disparaged and ignored. Shame on all of you.

  16. tonya

    so basically she would have volunteered for her own opportunistic and treacherous political showboating ..had she known the First Lady was going be there…umm okay smh lol @ maryanne