Michelle Obama is not a technically elected part of Obama Administration, but just as the First Ladies before her, she has her role to play. The First Lady’s job is of course to support her husband, as Mrs. Obama memorably did in her now famous Democratic National Convention speech last month. But it’s also a ceremonial position that allows the president’s spouse to embrace causes she truly cares about and to represent the United States around the world. The next election will be an important one for America, with issues of health, education, the economy, foreign policy all a priority. President Obama will either make history as the first Black president to remain in office for the full term he’s allotted, or as the first Black president to go down as a one-termer. Both candidate Obama and his opponent Mitt Romney are family men with solid, long-term marriages. But only one is married to Michelle Obama. Here are five reasons why Mrs. Obama deserves a second term.
SHE REPRESENTS THE PROFESSIONAL BLACK WOMAN
As disgusted as most of us are by the rachetness of black women on reality TV, most of us still watch it. Fortunately, though, our greatest global representative is Michelle Obama, who represents another face of Black women to the world – one that is educated, professional, articulate and stylish. Reality TV plays on the worst stereotypes of black women by promoting uneducated women who are only famous due to their associations with the men in their lives. These women prize materialism and sexuality as a measure of success. Michelle Obama may have gained the White House because of her marriage to a powerful man, but she’s just as educated as he is. She was the family breadwinner and made more money than her husband until he published his best-selling book “Dreams of My Father” and she resigned her position at a Chicago hospital to join him in the White House. Mrs. Obama is a worthy global representative who defies all the most negative stereotypes about Black women. That is one of the best reasons to have her continue as the country’s First Lady.
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