Former first lady Michelle Obama has spoken about the racism she faced during her eight years in the White House.
It’s enough to give you chills.
“The shards that cut me the deepest were the ones that intended to cut,” she told the Women’s Foundation of Colorado on Tuesday night, the Denver Post reports.
“Knowing that after eight years of working really hard for this country, there are still people who won’t see me for what I am because of my skin color.”
The 53-year-old lawyer, who has been a strong advocate for educating girls and supporting military families, was once referred to as an “ape in heels” during the Obama administration.
Obama also spoke on health and nutrition, as well as female empowerment, telling the audience how women from all backgrounds stand up to adversity every day.
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Michelle Obama is all class and always will be. Anyone who insults her skin colour needs to have a long hard look at themselves.
It's very tough on all sides of politics. Couldn't think of anything worse for a person and their family. I mean, think for a moment about a life where you are under constant guard against assassination for one thing. When you meet a crowd you must be a little edgy. You're giving a speech and all of a sudden secret service agents are mobbing you and dragging you off the stage. How would you feel carrying around a credit card sized piece of plastic 24x7 that has the launch codes to end civilisation, knowing that you will, at best, have 6 minutes to decide to use it or not if someone bursts into your bedroom in the middle of the night with urgent news.
No wonder if you look at Presidents before and after their term they seem to age so much.