Poor, poor Michelle Obama. She may appear to have a pretty sweet life, what with all the wining and dining and traveling and hobnobbing with celebs, but she’s still suffering. Oh, how she suffers!
In an interview with People, Mrs. Obama bravely shared a story about the racism she’s faced as First Lady. We suggest having a box of tissues handy.
“I tell this story – I mean, even as the first lady – during that wonderfully publicized trip I took to Target, not highly disguised, the only person who came up to me in the store was a woman who asked me to help her take something off a shelf. Because she didn’t see me as the first lady, she saw me as someone who could help her. Those kinds of things happen in life. So it isn’t anything new.”
First Ladies aren’t supposed to help people!
Where are the crackers? On the top shelf? Michelle won't help me reach out to the crackers.
— Dr Hugo Hackenbush (@MangyLover) December 17, 2014
Clearly, racism was at work here.
@JustEric @redsteeze that's what I look for when I need help getting something up high~ someone with more melanin.
— Sarah (@SohlerSarah) December 17, 2014
@KatMcKinley @redsteeze @AndrewStilesUSA The fellow shopper probably thought they were being friendly and unintimidated by celebrity.
— The Nats Won The World Series (@EsotericCD) December 17, 2014
@KatMcKinley @redsteeze @AndrewStilesUSA Little did they know they were actually being VICIOUSLY RACIST.
— The Nats Won The World Series (@EsotericCD) December 17, 2014
Oh, the humanity!
@redsteeze People ask me to help them in stores all the time. Yup, must be racism.
— A.J. Delgado (@AJDelgado13) December 17, 2014
@redsteeze im about her height & I'm the whitest girl in whitesville and other women are constantly asking me to reach things at the store.
— Elizabeth (@pinklogician) December 17, 2014
https://twitter.com/RedGalBlueState/status/545215027624804352
https://twitter.com/JustEric/status/545213732146933760
https://twitter.com/redsteeze/status/545214624984211456
https://twitter.com/JustEric/status/545213962233864192
@redsteeze Sounds like the callous works of a altitud-ist to me.
— Sittin' in a Tree (@DypsyDoodle) December 17, 2014
There’s simply no other explanation.
https://twitter.com/senorlamella/status/545217013233115137
Nice try, but that trick won’t work! What FLOTUS needs is a heartfelt apology.
https://twitter.com/gilla5490/status/545214856513986560
That’s more like it.
https://twitter.com/AJBulldis/status/545212969177870336
Don’t we all?
Ugh. All due respect to FLOTUS, get over it.
Though it's been said many times, many ways…. @jbrookscnm @redsteeze pic.twitter.com/BhjQt8NBQ8
— VACUOUS CIPHER (@THE_DAILY_BLEAT) December 17, 2014
@redsteeze @AndrewStilesUSA Unbelievable.
— Kathleen McKinley (@KatMcKinley) December 17, 2014
@redsteeze Has nothing to do with her being really tall, nothing at all.
— Hard-ass Space Mom (@Darth_Mommie) December 17, 2014
@Darth_Mommie it's always about race with ideologues like that. Divide divide divide. @redsteeze
— olliander (@ollieblog) December 17, 2014
@ollieblog It's beyond ridiculous. @redsteeze
— Hard-ass Space Mom (@Darth_Mommie) December 17, 2014
https://twitter.com/TheRealBepo/status/545222544643870720
@redsteeze Of course someone asked her to get something off a shelf. She's 5'11 for Christ's sake.
— NeoN: Automataster (@neontaster) December 17, 2014
Hi @FLOTUS -I'm that person who's always having to ask others to get stuff off shelves for me. Cuz I'm short. Not #RAAAAACISM #quitwhining
— Michelle Malkin (@michellemalkin) December 17, 2014
Heh.
Parting food for thought:
@redsteeze Didn't Obama call Latinos 'fruit pickers' last week?
— ed (@eleventy17) December 17, 2014
Technically it was a few weeks ago, but yes. Yes he did.
https://twitter.com/redsteeze/status/545212761404628992
Indeed. But hey, at least he didn’t call them tall!
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Update:
Anyone up for a flashback?
https://twitter.com/chelsea_elisa/status/545252156564332545
https://twitter.com/chelsea_elisa/status/545252668370087936
Ridiculous.
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