she exuded confidence. style watchers and fashion magazines labeled her sexy, but there was something deeper behind her style choices. she felt a responsibility, first of all, to show that you do not have to be blond and blue-eyed and a size 4 to be gorgeous. she was extremely conscious of the negative stereotypes of african-american women. you know, the narrative around what do black girls look like, michelle cracked that wide open. she s a black woman, it s important because not only were brown women not so celebrated, women who were clearly, identifiably black were not considered beautiful. something healed with particularly black women never held up to be the most beautiful, never the ones leading hollywood, never the ones on covers of magazines. she s total package.
doing great and helping everybody. and that s going to ripple out for generations. critics, haters will be long forgotten, michelle obama will never be forgotten. i m so happy to be here. happy to have you. look at him right there. that s me. i think her legacy will be number one that she was the first african-american first lady. that s a huge and historic legacy. but beyond that, she leaves the white house as the strongest voice for women s rights, for women s dignity, a right that goes beyond race and is fundamental to our society. in another way her legacy will be the dignity with which
of young girls around the world. hola. who saw a beautiful strong black woman in the white house doing great and helping everybody. and that s going to ripple out for generations. critics, haters will be long forgotten, michelle obama will never be forgotten. i m so happy to be here. happy to have you. look at him right there. that s me. i think her legacy will be number one that she was the first african-american first lady. that s a huge and historic legacy. but beyond that, she leaves the white house as the strongest voice for women s rights, for women s dignity, a right that goes beyond race and is fundamental to our society.
everybody. and that s going to ripple out for generations. critics, haters will be long forgotten. michelle obama will never be forgotten. we are happy to have you. look at him right there. that s me. i think her legacy will be number one, that she was the first african-american first lady. that is a huge and historic legacy. but beyond that, she leaves the white house as the strongest voice for women s rights, for women s dignity, a right that goes beyond race and is fundamental to our society. in another way her legacy will be the dignity with which she fulfilled her obligations as first lady and the example that
optimism and openness. what you see later in the presidency is her being kind of honest about her views in a big, new, ambitious way. it had the feeling of michelle obama saying in public what she said in private which i think was not always true. she plugged into something so deep and transformative for her, that it became transformative for millions of americans. her passion was her platform. she spoke openly about civil rights and issues of racism. no longer can we be barred from a university or hotel or arrested for sitting at the front of the bus or forced to use a separate bathroom or water fountain because of the color of our skin. it shows a level of courage if you re an african-american person in public life, a lot of people tell you, lay off on the black stuff. you make people uncomfortable.