Re: First Lady called "ghetto girl" by Martha Vineyard's black elite; if they refuse to accept slum kids, there goes sordo's social life

On Jun 30, 2:57 pm, Sordo <so...@xxxxxxx> wrote:
First Lady called "ghetto girl" by Martha Vineyard's black elite

Joni L. Reynolds | Posted June 25, 2009 11:09 AM
http://thedailyvoice.com/voice/2009/06/first-lady-called-ghetto-girl-...

The word is out that the Obamas will be spending part of their summer
vacation in Martha's Vineyard. "Many blacks from Oak Bluffs are elated
that the Only One-in-Chief may be joining them. "People are going to
lose their minds!" Tonya Lewis Lee says.

At the same time, there's also a bit of wariness among the wealthiest
ones, an uncertainty whether Obama will affirm them. "Obama is more a
man of the people," says a Vineyarder who's part of black high society.
"He doesn't seem to identify with affluent black people. His wife
definitely doesn't; she is basically a ghetto girl. That's what she
says--I'm just being sociological. She grew up in the same place
Jennifer Hudson did. She hasn't reached out to the social community of
Washington, and people are waiting to see what they'll do about that."
(New Yorker Magazine)

To call a Harvard lawyer a "ghetto girl" is absolutely ludicrous.

The dynamics of black society is very difficult to understand. We are
probably the only race that has prejudices against other members of our
own race. This anonymous member of the black elite simply said was what
is said among her group.

If Mrs. Obama were light-skinned with hazel eyes maybe she might be a
little more tolerable, even though she was raised on the wrong side of
the track.

Oh, look - somebody else puffs up ephemeral bubbles of gossip
that burst when we try to examine them. Did it give you the warm
fuzzies to see that that you're not alone?
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