Michelle Obama: People Are Racist Towards Me

From a recent interview in People Magazine :

The protective bubble that comes with the presidency – the armored limo, the Secret Service detail, the White House – shields Barack and Michelle Obama from a lot of unpleasantness. But their encounters with racial prejudice aren't as far in the past as one might expect. And they obviously still sting.



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"I tell this story – I mean, even as the first lady – during that wonderfully publicized trip I took to Target, not highly disguised, the only person who came up to me in the store was a woman who asked me to help her take something off a shelf.

So there you have it: If you thought asking a black woman for help in a department store was color-blind, you're wrong. It's racist.