Sep 18, 2008
Posted by Meagan:
In the never-ending cascade of racially-tinged slights against Michelle, Bill O' Reilly weighed in during his show last night, saying Michelle Obama resembles an "angry woman".
From Crooks and Liars:
O’REILLY: Now, I have a lot of people who call me on the radio and say she looks angry. And I have to say there’s some validity to that. She looks like an angry woman. Did you ask her about that?
JOHNSON: Don’t they say that about you, too?
O’REILLY: Yeah, but I’m not ... Read More
Sep 4, 2008
by Rhonda
Asked to compare Michelle Obama to Sarah Palin, Congressman Lynn Westmoreland (R-GA) stated:
"Just from what little I’ve seen of her and Mr. Obama, Sen. Obama, they're a member of an elitist-class individual that thinks that they're uppity," Westmoreland said.
Asked to clarify that he used the word “uppity,” Westmoreland said, “Uppity, yeah.”
Nothing vague, coded, or nuanced about that--just a dose of that good old Southern racism charm. Read More
Jul 31, 2008
Posted by Hawa of Fackin Truth Blog.
Michelle Obama Watch features the good, the bad, and the ugly associated with media images of Michelle Obama. Negative images primarily spring from stereotypes associated with being Black and female in America. Black female authors take offense to the race-based media smears on Mrs. Obama because she looks like us. In other words, we reserve the right to be offended on Michelle's behalf.
Tami of What Tami Said introduced an excellent point about sharing our offense with ... Read More
Jul 9, 2008
Posted by AJ at Overanlyzeit
It seems we arn't the only ones that have Michelle's back. Brave Films has put together a video highlighting the nonsense Fox News has been spewing about Michelle Obama.
Sign Brave New Films' petition demanding Fox "stop injecting racism, prejudice, and fear into our political dialogue" here.
Source: Huffington Post Read More
Jun 25, 2008
Posted by Hawa Bond from the Fackin Truth blog.
On June 17th, I lamented about the lack of mainstream-media-feminist backlash regarding the poor treatment of Michelle Obama. In that post, I specifically noted:
"The 'double-whammy' of race and gender make Michelle Obama an irresistible target. And the relative silence from Hillary-supporting feminists reveals a serious flaw in the idea that feminists will defend all women."
Today, I was pleased to find that Melissa Spatz and Ann Russo of Think Girl.net developed a petition they describe ... Read More
