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Public Service Announcement-An Original Poem by Kay

*ALL OF THESE GIRLS WHOSE PICTURE IS IN THIS VIDEO, TO THE BEST OF MY KNOWLEDGE LOVE THEIR SKIN!! =)

In this day and age (2012), I found that colorism is still a prevalent issue. Not just with African American girls, but all over the world, being darker is seen to be less attractive. This color discrimination is consistently practiced within the African American race, evidence even being shown through music, magazines and television. Girls are taught from a young age to dislike their skin color and having this self-hatred bid them low self-esteem. Some even desire to lighten their complexion through bleaching creams, and or even change the coloring of pictures when they upload them to their social media sites. One day I realized, as I hadn’t fully took it in myself that a dark skinned woman is our First Lady and has been since 2009. Not only is she the first African American First lady, she is of a darker skin complexion. Now, I know most people don’t really take that in because that is very powerful. If it was really fully digested and appreciated, maybe more girls would feel confident about their complexion. Her image has the ability for all this talk about darker skin being unattractive to change. She is a positive role model for all black girls and to the dark girls who think they aren’t good enough or won’t ever accomplish anything, Michelle Obama says” Yes You Can”.

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For Dark Girls with tight coils and abundant curls, bright white smiles

the color of smooth, round pearls

And pigmented skin the color of rich soil, this is for you:

There is a chocolate woman in Washington.

For Brown Girls from Chestnut to Coffee shade, their pigment they are taught to despise

and hate

Put on your best dress and throw away your lightening creams and shame, I got something to tell you:

There is a gorgeous dark woman in DC

Okay, I know you’re thinking, “Well, there should be- D.C. is called the Chocolate City”

Well I need you to turn on the T.V. , read a newspaper maybe switch from B.E.T . to Oprah or MSNBC

Because this is epic don’t know how you missed it,

Didn’t see? I gotta ring the alarm, Hear me:

There is a strong BLACK woman in the WHITE HOUSE.

This is a PSA.

You gotta love your shade.

The First Lady does,

And you should do the same.

You are beautiful, lovely, and wonderfully made.

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Let’s be real, President Obama brings change not only because he is the first Black President but also because unlike a majority of high profile Black men, he has a mocha colored, statuesque, curvaceous, Black woman on his arm. Black is back, not in a corner, hidden in a closet, or slipping down a back stairway. Michelle Obama’s status as the first, Black First Lady presents an unspoken change to the image of the Black woman.

Her beauty does not hail from a Halle Berry clone, nor is she a Beyonce double. Her beauty represents the masses of beautiful Black women, who have been overlooked or pushed aside. Don’t get it wrong! There is plenty of love for the sisters of a lighter hue, but the mass media already works overtime keeping them on a pedestal. What there has never been enough of is visibility and praise for the darker sisters, who are just as beautiful and in some cases more beautiful. There has not been enough brown and dark-skinned little girls, who are told early in life that they are beautiful and worthy so that they grow to believe it. As painful as this truth is they are the little girls and women, who never garner the same attention as their lighter-skinned counterparts..

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Happy Birthday to Michelle Obama!

Click HERE to sign her birthday card! :)

Don’t miss First Lady Obama on iCarly TONIGHT at 7:30PM  RIGHT NOW!

First Lady Michelle Obama appears on Nickelodeon’s ‘iCarly’ to increase awareness and support for military families.

madamenoire:

Michelle Obama’s No Angry Black Woman and Neither Am I

January 11th, 2012 - By Brande Victorian

       

I don’t know where President Obama’s current approval rating stands, but I know my approval of the first lady just shot through the roof. Where Obama refuses to acknowledge the racism that underpins so many comments, voting choices, and actions set out against him, Michelle Obama just puts it out there plain and simple.

Sick and Tired of the Angry Black Woman Stereotype? Read More at MadameNoire.com

Keep your head up! ;) <3

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Michelle Obama wears purple to White House State Dinner. She looks stunning!!

Alicia Keys as Michelle Obama in Glamour Magazine.

yourstrulymayaaa:

Obama: They Mad?

Michelle: Oh Dey Mad ?

virtuouslyvindicated:

— I would absolutely wear this shirt…I want it. [♥]

virtuouslyvindicated:

kingdarren:

I’m just super f——ing confused about the people on my dash commenting on that picture of the first ladies trying to say that Michelle Obama is fat and ugly

okay I’m sorry but have YOU never taken a picture from an unflattering angle you dumb c—ts because I’m sorry but um all I see is a gorgeous woman who’s more concerned with helping others than her newest pair of louboutin heels.

^^ WELL SAID. [♥]

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