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In reply to the discussion: Only In America: Michelle Obama and the Heckler [View all]Tarheel_Dem
(31,233 posts)the first "black" anything. We know the history, and it's never been pretty. This is no different. I think that knowledge is why we, in the AA community, are so protective of the President and his family. We all heard the horror stories from our parents and grandparents of women having to protect themselves & their families from the haters, because their husbands and sons might be taken away, and possibly never heard from again. We've internalized that.
I don't know that this particular incident has racial implications, but I do know that the strenuous objections to the notion can be too easily dismissed by those who don't even acknowledge that LGBT AA's have voiced this concern before.
I'm not really sure what Ms. Sturtz hoped to gain from this, besides publicity, but the media's still not talking about the issue. Instead they're talking about her as a "heckler", and Michelle Obama's response to it, NOT THE ISSUE.