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From Denny: Now First Lady Michelle Obama is accused of being the archetypal "angry black woman" for daring to stare down and get in the face of an inept protester who just thought the First Lady would tolerate her rudeness. Where do people get these ideas about how this was a racist heckling incident with white entitlement overtones?
Well, never to be a shrinking violet from controversy on my blog, let's start with the "angry black woman" stereotype. Guess what; historically there's good reason for it as black women have taken a boat load of garbage from society for generations. That fight for survival attitude would be ingrained by now culturally or none of their mothers would have lived to give birth to the generations to follow. After more than 40 years of civil rights legislation, slowly climbing up the social ladders, admittance into the best universities and procuring high level jobs, the "angry black woman" stereotype is no longer as necessary. Yet, the resentments still linger - on both sides of racism.
But here's the rub about this nasty exchange of a lesbian gay rights activist heckling the First Lady who is black: it's really about American female culture and a lot less about black intolerance of white entitlement issues.
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