Thursday, March 28, 2024

Michelle Obama Says People Fear ‘The Strength of a Black Woman’ [VIDEO]

*Michelle Obama dished with “CBS This Morning” co-host Gayle King at the Essence Festival in New Orleans Saturday night — watch clip above.

During their candid conversation, the former first lady opened up about her marriage, the advice she gives her daughters as well has her historic time in the White House.

“For a minute there, I was an angry black woman who was emasculating her husband,” Obama recalled about Barack’s presidential campaign. “As I got more popular, that’s when people of all sides — Democrats and Republicans — tried to take me out by the knees and the best way to do it was to focus on the one thing people were afraid of: the strength of a black woman.”

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When asked if she’s living her best life, Michelle replied “the Obama family is doing fine,” but added “Barack and I aren’t living our best life until we’re all living our best life,” she said.

She also noted that the voice and innate power of Black women is often underestimated.

“But I’m here to tell you, there is nothing we can’t do or change when we as a collective put our minds to it,” Obama said. “I feel that when I’m out there. We’re the ones we are waiting for. But that means we have to roll up our sleeves and do the work every single time.”

Obama says she still stands by her famous slogan during the 2016 campaign, “when they go low, we go high.”

“It has to be true — you know, look, that’s the one thing people ask me about, in this climate, how do you find it in yourself to go high,” she said. “And here’s the thing, going high is a long-term strategy — because the truth is, going high is about thinking about trying to really get to the real answer, because a lot of time the low answer is our immediate instinct. It’s just, I’m mad, I want to punch you in the face, but it doesn’t solve anything.”

She also had this to say to women about what we need to stay clear of when it comes to dating.

“Be cautious of the man or woman who wants just the easy person. The person who’s not going to force them to grow, who’s not going to expect them to change, who’s not going to hold them accountable. You wouldn’t pick someone off the bench who is going to show up weak. You want to pick somebody who is going to carry you through. Those are the things that get you over the hard times.”

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