Michelle Obama says black women don’t “articulate their pain.”
Let me repeat that: the former First Lady claimed that black women as a demographic, known for being meek and mild, famed for their stoicism, renowned for their superhuman ability to suffer in silence, don’t articulate their pain.
"As black women, we don't articulate our pain. It’s almost like nobody ever gave us permission to do that,” Obama said, speaking on the IMO podcast with host Craig Robinson and actress Teraji Henson.
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“And does anyone care?” Henson chimed in.
“Well, there is that…and we have to ask ourselves, and the men in our lives, why wait to be asked? It seems like what we go through is pretty obvious. Maybe we’re not complaining, but we’re actually living life out loud,” Obama added.
Whatever that’s supposed to mean.
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Hilariously, Obama’s comments are at complete odds with remarks made by Congresswoman and fellow black woman Jasmine Crockett, who bragged during a speech last week that while she considers herself “a very serious lawmaker,” she’s happy to resort to being a stereotype when she’s mad.
“If you try me you will find out. I am truly a black woman,” Crockett said, in her signature urban drawl.
Ah, yes. There's that famous, reserved quietude.
Then again, what is a woman, anyway?