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Michelle Obama thesis was on racial divide
political.com ^ | 2/22/08 4:20 PM EST | JEFFREY RESSNER

Posted on 11/16/2008 11:01:10 PM PST by OL Hickory

NOW AVAILABLE FOR READING: Michelle Obama thesis was on racial divide

My experiences at Princeton have made me far more aware of my 'blackness' than ever before," the future Mrs. Obama wrote in her thesis introduction. "I have found that at Princeton, no matter how liberal and open-minded some of my white professors and classmates try to be toward me, I sometimes feel like a visitor on campus; as if I really don't belong. Regardless of the circumstances underwhich I interact with whites at Princeton, it often seems as if, to them, I will always be black first and a student second."

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0208/8642.html

(Excerpt) Read more at politico.com ...


TOPICS: Books/Literature; Education; Government; Politics
KEYWORDS: divide; michelleobama; obama; obamatransitionfile; racial; thesis
too long for this old soldier..need cliftnotes
1 posted on 11/16/2008 11:01:10 PM PST by OL Hickory
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To: OL Hickory

Michelle.. it’s called low self esteem... not racial divide.


2 posted on 11/16/2008 11:04:23 PM PST by Ancient Drive (will)
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To: OL Hickory

**I sometimes feel like a visitor on campus; as if I really don’t belong..**

Just be glad you weren’t ... heterosexual, white, christian male Conservative... then you’d REALLY know what Prejudice on a College Campus Feels LIKE!

GETOVERIT!!!

/sarc


3 posted on 11/16/2008 11:17:35 PM PST by gwilhelm56 (HITLER offered Hope and Change!!)
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To: OL Hickory

I actually forced myself to read her entire thesis. It made me sick to think that this woman is going to be the next first lady. She is full of racial thoughts and seems to have the belief that whites are responsible for all the ills of blacks in America. She needs to realize that the race hustlers are hugely at fault.

What we need to reintroduce to America is PERSONNAL RESPONSIBILITY!


4 posted on 11/16/2008 11:28:34 PM PST by rfreedom4u (Political correctness is a form of censorship!)
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To: OL Hickory

“....I sometimes feel like a visitor on campus; as if I really don’t belong.”

She will revisit those same feelings as soon as she moves into the White House.


5 posted on 11/16/2008 11:34:45 PM PST by Gator113 ("Noli nothis permittere te terere.")
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To: OL Hickory
Michelle and others who feel left out p.e.r.p.e.t.u.a.l.l.y. obviously never had a Mrs. Mac in their lives.

Otherwise, they would have known at age 13 that only 25% of the people you'll meet in your lifetime will be agreeable... and less than 25% of that 25% will be people you will call and feel are friends.

6 posted on 11/17/2008 1:35:31 AM PST by xtinct (Any man may easily do harm, but not every man can do good to another. Plato)
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To: OL Hickory; All
As I mentioned here:

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Both Duh!1™ and his wife are Black Bigots- I know the type well, having grown up and lived among them.

The only thing worse I've ever seen are Asian Bigots- but that's another story.

A Klansman, at least, knows in his heart that he is a bit below par as a human being- that's one reason he's a Klansman.

Black bigots know no such restraints- and America will regret, long and hard, elevating one to its highest office.

7 posted on 11/17/2008 1:42:23 AM PST by backhoe (All across America, the Lights are going out...)
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To: backhoe

Of course, everyone realizes that the thesis is simply reverse racism....


8 posted on 11/17/2008 1:47:30 AM PST by Sacajaweau (I'm planting corn...Have to feed my car...)
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To: DAVEY CROCKETT; LucyT; Fred Nerks; Calpernia; Velveeta; LibertyRocks

Ping.


9 posted on 11/17/2008 2:24:23 AM PST by nw_arizona_granny ( http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/1990507/posts?page=451 SURVIVAL, RECIPES, GARDENS, & INFO)
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To: OL Hickory

Michelle, IF you were treated differently, it could be that the gigantic racist chip on your shoulder kept poking Whitey in the eye...


10 posted on 11/17/2008 2:34:26 AM PST by GnuHere
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To: OL Hickory

I wrote better papers in High School. This is what passes for scholarly work at Princeton?

This should have been written in crayon.


11 posted on 11/17/2008 2:48:45 AM PST by word_warrior_bob (You can now see my amazing doggie and new puppy on my homepage!! Come say hello to Jake & Sonny)
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To: OL Hickory

bump


12 posted on 11/17/2008 3:41:08 AM PST by fso301
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To: Ancient Drive

The natural result of affirmative action.

College acceptances based on quotas

Jobs given based on diversity

It’s corrosive to the recipient’s sense of self because they know full well they aren’t deserving.

Who do they blame, why the giver of course.

Can’t blame oneself for accepting something not earned.

Not a chance.


13 posted on 11/17/2008 3:55:16 AM PST by Carley (Real Americans love Trigg's mom.)
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To: AdmSmith; Berosus; Convert from ECUSA; dervish; Ernest_at_the_Beach; Fred Nerks; george76; ...

Sacramento Theater Director Resigns
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Gun firm head resigns over Obama support (Montana)
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Posted on 11/02/2008 6:45:13 AM PST by dynachrome
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14 posted on 11/17/2008 5:20:08 AM PST by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/_______Profile finally updated Saturday, October 11, 2008 !!!)
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To: word_warrior_bob

The comparisons of this lunkhead with the truly well-educated, well-read, well-spoken (in several languages), well-dressed, polished, and well-mannered Jacqueline Kennedy are risible. Just more evidence of how dumbed-down America has become.


15 posted on 11/17/2008 9:11:27 AM PST by Cecily
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