Video Tribute to Michelle Obama

January 8, 2009 by theo.johnson
Filed under: Blog Entries

There’s been a lot of talk about the positive influence that Michelle Obama will have on how our society views black women. While I think she is an amazing person, my first thoughts when hearing this was how DOES society view the black woman? I’ve always felt the brotha man caught a bad rap at times, but in my mind black women were viewed as strong, caring, independent women.

How and when did everyone’s perception change? Was it because of BET or do we just focus more on the negative aspects of the black male and female? I try to hang around positive people, so maybe that’s why I don’t understand why the media is so in awe about our soon-to-be first black First Lady of the United States. Don’t get me wrong! She is amazing and she is a major inspiration to most women. But let’s not allow the media to cause us to forget those women who’ve inspired her and paved the way for the Michelle Obama we know today. If you got one you love, go give your mom a big hug and tell her you love her

I found this video tribute posted at forwomenonline.com. I have to admit, this video is very well put together. I had to watch it a couple of times. Ain’t Black Love grand?!!

Change from Damian Steinberg on Vimeo.