Michelle Obama, Not Proud To Be An American, Addresses Racist Organization, Claims There Are Two Americas: Black And White

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Michelle Obama at NAACP: Two Americas?

Jul-13-2010

As the NAACP readies a resolution that would condemn non-existent racism in the Tea Party movement, First Lady Michelle Obama riled up the convention crowd with her idea of a black vs. white America.



Speaking to the NAACP's National Convention in Kansas City today, First Lady Michelle Obama said credited the organization for where her husband stands today and urged the collected crowd that now is not the time to "rest on our laurels."



FLOTUS said: "I know that I stand here today, and I know that my husband stands where he is today, because of this organization -- and because of the struggles and the sacrifices of all those who came before us," Mrs. Obama said today. "But I also know that their legacy isn't an entitlement to be taken for granted. And I know it is not simply a gift to be enjoyed. Instead, it is an obligation to be fulfilled."



But then she advanced an idea of two Americas: "When African American communities are still hit harder than just about anywhere by this economic downturn, and so many families are just barely scraping by, I think the founders would tell us that now is not the time to rest on our laurels. When stubborn inequalities still persist -- in education and health, in income and wealth -- I think those founders would urge us to increase our intensity, and to increase our discipline and our focus and keep fighting for a better future for our children and our grandchildren."



"We are living today in a time where we're decades beyond slavery, we are decades beyond Jim Crow; when one of the greatest risks to our children's future is their own health. African American children are significantly more likely to be obese than are white children. Nearly half of African American children will develop diabetes at some point in their lives. People, that's half of our children."



"Surely the men and women of the NAACP haven't spent a century organizing and advocating and working day and night only to raise the first generation in history that might be on track to live shorter lives than their parents. And that's why I've made improving the quality of our children's health one of my top priorities."







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