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Wow. I learned something - that the First Lady has regulatory powers! What else has been hidden from s these years? Please tell me more...
She personally didn't ban them. Checks and balances, you know. But she created the guidelines banning the seasonings. Then pushed them through the legislative branch somehow. Still, she wrote them, she's to blame.
What's that book about, anyway? Something concrete and practical or motivational self-help talk?
She personally didn't ban them. Checks and balances, you know. But she created the guidelines banning the seasonings. Then pushed them through the legislative branch somehow. Still, she wrote them, she's to blame.
What's that book about, anyway? Something concrete and practical or motivational self-help talk?
The book is probably not "concrete and practical or motivational self-help talk" in the way you're probably thinking. It's a life story and very much about growing up black in America - probably not a topic you'd find interesting.
It's also the least preachy book I've read in quite a while.
The book is probably not "concrete and practical or motivational self-help talk" in the way you're probably thinking. It's a life story and very much about growing up black in America - probably not a topic you'd find interesting.
It's also the least preachy book I've read in quite a while.
Hmm... interesting. It sounds similar to "Raisin in the Sun" by Lorraine Hansberry. I read it in my urban multiculturalism class in college. It's about a poor black family who just got a life insurance windfall. The daughter decides to reconnect with her African heritage, and the rest of her family looks for a way to attain a better life with that money. I really liked it; if you overlook the racial elements, it reads a lot like an immigrant experience book.
Michelle's family was very middle class, at least for African Americans at the time. The family and community dynamics are fascinating. Her story of life at Princeton was an eye opener to me, since she immersed herself in black culture there.
The other surprise was that she seemed to have no axe to grind, and no moralizing.
That's why you're getting little response. I would have liked her a lot more if the liberal media didn't fawn all over her no matter what she said or did by building up every action and playing down or totally ignoring every mis-step.
This. I have no issue with her life choices and I don't think she wasted her education. But the forced worship of.her in the media was always offputting. I have nothing against her and I liked her campaign against childhood obesity. But I didn't care for.her or her husband's politics and I think her book tour would be more believable if it didn't have the distinct appearance of being a cash grab that shut out the very people she claims to passionately care about. She is a woman of her time, for better or worse (mostly worse).
I do agree that she lives well and is a positive social influence. In a racist, sexist and classist era, that’s a big enough achievement. I do think she could’ve done much more but it’s okay to live the way she enjoys.
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