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Princeton Educated Blacks and the Black Community [Michelle Obama thesis]
The Politico ^ | 1985 | Michelle Obama

Posted on 05/16/2008 2:25:15 PM PDT by Winged Hussar

Mrs. Obama clearly identifies herself with a “separatist” view of race. “By actually working with the Black lower class or within their communities as a result of their ideologies, a separatist may better understand the desperation of their situation and feel more hopeless about a resolution as opposed to an integrationist who is ignorant to their plight.” Obama writes that the path she chose by attending Princeton would likely lead to her “further integration and/or assimilation into a white cultural and social structure that will only allow me to remain on the periphery of society; never becoming a full participant.” [See page 2 of the first .pdf file, http://www.politico.com/pdf/080222_MOPrincetonThesis_1-251.pdf] Michele Obama clearly has a chip on her shoulder. Not only does she see separate black and white societies in America, but she elevates black over white in her world.

Here is another passage that is uncomfortable and ominous in meaning: “There was no doubt in my mind that as a member of the black community, I am obligated to this community and will utilize all of my present and future resources to benefit the black community first and foremost.” [This also is on page 2]

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


TOPICS: Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: highereducation; michelle; michelleobama; obama; princeton; princetonu; thesis
This is entirely consistent with Barack Obama's Black identity politics, if not outright Black Nationalism, as described in "Dreams From My Father." http://www.israpundit.com/2008/?p=985 for details.

The cited article also claims, "In her senior thesis at Princeton, Michele Obama, the wife of Barack Obama stated that America was a nation founded on “crime and hatred”. Moreover, she stated that whites in America were “ineradicably racist”. " I could not, however, find either of these statements in the thesis, although the fact that it is a scanned typewritten paper prevents a keyword search. If anyone can give me page numbers for these statements, assuming they are present, I will take and post screenshots.

God BLESS America, McCain 2008.

1 posted on 05/16/2008 2:25:16 PM PDT by Winged Hussar
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To: Winged Hussar

Clarification of article title: “Michelle Obama thesis was on racial divide” is the title of the Politico article, by JEFFREY RESSNER.

“Princeton-Educated Blacks and the Black Community,” which is hosted by The Politico as a set of four .pdf files, is by Michelle Robinson Obama.


2 posted on 05/16/2008 2:27:28 PM PDT by Winged Hussar (http://moveonpleasemoveon.blogspot.com/)
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To: Winged Hussar
http://www.politico.com/pdf/080222_MOPrincetonThesis_1-251.pdf
3 posted on 05/16/2008 2:28:40 PM PDT by don-o (Free Lazamataz!)
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To: Winged Hussar

I hope people wake up....but you know how stupid white people can be....they could ignore a gun to the head if someone assured them they were just “foolin”.....


4 posted on 05/16/2008 2:29:45 PM PDT by cherry
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To: Winged Hussar
The cited article also claims http://762justice.com/2008/04/14/michelle-obama-socialist-separatist/ claims, "In her senior thesis at Princeton, Michele Obama, the wife of Barack Obama stated that America was a nation founded on “crime and hatred”. Moreover, she stated that whites in America were “ineradicably racist”. " [I must be having a bad afternoon.]
5 posted on 05/16/2008 2:33:00 PM PDT by Winged Hussar (http://moveonpleasemoveon.blogspot.com/)
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To: don-o

I can’t find the offensive quotes from http://762justice.com/2008/04/14/michelle-obama-socialist-separatist/ on this page (if that is what you meant). Page 2, which I cited, is in this file.


6 posted on 05/16/2008 2:38:18 PM PDT by Winged Hussar (http://moveonpleasemoveon.blogspot.com/)
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To: Winged Hussar

So......blacks live in a different country than whites? And college education makes you LESS BLACK!

Hey, couldn’t say anything worse about her if I tried. Mrs. Obama, meet Mrs Heinz-Kerry. You both have a lot in common when it comes to being unproud of America and despising whiteys in America.


7 posted on 05/16/2008 2:38:54 PM PDT by bpjam (Drill For Oil or Lose Your Job!! Vote Nov 3, 2008)
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To: Winged Hussar

I couldn’t find anything about “ineradibly racist” in the first 251 pages. Not in five minutes scan anyway. Someone else have a go?


8 posted on 05/16/2008 2:39:03 PM PDT by agere_contra
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To: Winged Hussar
part 1 part 2 part 3 part 4
9 posted on 05/16/2008 2:40:12 PM PDT by don-o (Free Lazamataz!)
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To: agere_contra

I don’t see it. I converted the documents to text and reassembled the four sections into a single searchable pdf. A search found no match for either “ineradibly” or “racist.”


10 posted on 05/16/2008 3:02:57 PM PDT by Sgt_Schultze
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To: Sgt_Schultze

In the eight-work reference list on the very last page, there is, of course, the obligatory Stokely Carmichael (1967) work.


11 posted on 05/16/2008 3:15:02 PM PDT by aposiopetic
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To: aposiopetic

And a work by no less than John Conyers!


12 posted on 05/16/2008 3:16:47 PM PDT by aposiopetic
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To: aposiopetic

Yes, she discussed the Stokester on pages 8 and 26.


13 posted on 05/16/2008 3:22:34 PM PDT by Sgt_Schultze
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To: Sgt_Schultze

How about the form of the references? Within the parentheses, she lists only the state in which the cited work was published, rather than the city and state: for example, “(New Jersey: Prentice-Hall)” and “(Connecticut: Greenwood Press).” For one work, the parenthetical is “(source of article unknown).” Kind of like the Rose Law Firm billing records or the FBI files in someone else’s possession....


14 posted on 05/16/2008 3:23:00 PM PDT by aposiopetic
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To: aposiopetic
FYI, I found an online searchable version of the thesis here
15 posted on 05/16/2008 3:26:55 PM PDT by Sgt_Schultze
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To: Sgt_Schultze

Thanks for the link.


16 posted on 05/16/2008 3:28:44 PM PDT by aposiopetic
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To: Sgt_Schultze
The central thesis, as it were, of the whole shooting match, FWIW:

It is my belief, as seen by the above causal model, that the independent variable which measures the actual time the respondents have spent throughout the three periods of their lifetime with Blacks and with Whites will have a strong effect on the dependent variables of the study because the more the individual spends time with a group of people, the more the individual will be familiar with that particular group of people.

17 posted on 05/16/2008 3:31:13 PM PDT by aposiopetic
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To: Winged Hussar
Question for Michelle:

Do you think losing an opportunity due to the color of your skin can make a person bitter? If so, do you think the person who's spot you took at Princeton due to affirmative action is bitter?

18 posted on 05/16/2008 3:34:34 PM PDT by SampleMan (We are a free and industrious people, socialist nannies do not become us.)
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To: aposiopetic
Did she say that?

The statement reminds me of Damon Wayans as Oswald Bates

19 posted on 05/16/2008 3:46:25 PM PDT by Sgt_Schultze
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To: Sgt_Schultze

I encountered in close proximity a verifiable abdominal injury. Thanks for the link.


20 posted on 05/16/2008 3:54:12 PM PDT by aposiopetic
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To: don-o
My goodness, is that 981 pages of thesis? Is there some substance in there, or is it just diarrhea of the pen?
21 posted on 05/16/2008 4:02:16 PM PDT by magooey (stop the bs, fight the war!)
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To: Winged Hussar

Michelle LaVaughn Robinson Obama’s resentments toward her country and its citizens were undoubtedly nourished by the effect that her set-aside affirmative action appointment to Princeton had on her. It would appear that she was unable to reconcile her black cultural nationalist/separatist philosophy with her tenure at Princeton, a place for which she was wholly unsuited by dint of preparation and talent, if her poorly written senior thesis is any indication. Rather than appreciating the AA slack cut her by the lib profs, she chose to lash out at what she saw as condescension and maybe some pity from them. She felt that she didn’t belong and she probably didn’t, but her racial sensitivity antenna read racism and bigotry rather that contemptuous pity. Her artificially inflated ego couldn’t stand that and she has mutated an enormous shoulder chip ever since.
Now we can only hope that the Barack He who must not be middle named Obama campaign does not muzzle her and deprive the GOP of a priceless asset. Bur from what I hear that is a dangerous proposition for any worker in that campaign. She appears to be as unmanageable and ornery as the Hildabeast.
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Front_Page/JC04Aa01.html


22 posted on 05/16/2008 5:42:05 PM PDT by DMZFrank
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To: Winged Hussar
wife of Barack Obama stated that America was a nation founded on “crime and hatred”.

Makes me cry. This woman has caused racial division where there had never been any before. Now I don't want to know any Blacks, will never go out of my way to help or understand them again. My door is shut, as is my wallet.

23 posted on 05/16/2008 5:49:44 PM PDT by Veto! (Opinions freely dispensed as advice)
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To: DMZFrank
find myself striving for many of the same goals as my White classmates - acceptance to a prestigious graduate or professional school or a high paying position in a successful corporation.

Ah, I get it success is a white thing and not to be emulated.

24 posted on 05/16/2008 6:22:16 PM PDT by razorback-bert (If yer gunna regret this in the mornin, we kin sleep til afternoon.)
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To: Winged Hussar

Michele Obama is the poster child for affirmative action. Had she been any flavor(other than black of course)her HS grades would have kept her from setting foot on campus. Her thesis at Princeton was about on par with a 7th grade elementary student yet this creature received a degree, pathetic.


25 posted on 05/16/2008 8:13:15 PM PDT by Snurple
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To: Sgt_Schultze

LOL. Oswald makes more sense.


26 posted on 05/19/2008 3:49:32 PM PDT by Cecily
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To: Winged Hussar

BULLSH#$!!!!!
She is making 300,000 a year, they are both millionaires
You mean to tell me they still consider themselves disenfranchised. Is being on the outer edge of the socalled white society so disturbing or is it the money, michelle? 2 hypocrites, like Wright IN HIS MILLION DOLLAR MANSION IN A GATED WHITE COMMUNITY


27 posted on 05/19/2008 3:54:33 PM PDT by ronnie raygun (I'd rather be hunting with dick than driving with Ted)
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