Oy vey! Sun-Times OpEd on Michelle Obama's butt "it is a solid, round, black, class-A boo-tay" [View All]

ON EDIT: The author of the OpEd is a Black woman. My dad and I were discussing it (the column not the "boo-tay") and we talked about just because we (Black folk) talk about things in our living rooms, barber and beauty shops doesn't mean its newsworthy and belongs in a major daily newspaper.

Another first for first lady: She's got back
November 22, 2008

BY ERIN AUBRY KAPLAN

Free at last. I never thought that I -- a black girl who came of age in the utterly anti-climactic aftermath of the civil rights movement -- would say the phrase with any real sincerity in my lifetime. But ever since Nov. 4, I've been shouting it from every rooftop. I'm not excited for the most obvious reason. Yes, Barack Obama's win was an extraordinary breakthrough and a huge relief, but I don't subscribe to the notion that his capturing the White House represents the end of American racial history. Far from it.

What really thrills me, what really feels liberating in a very personal way, is the official new prominence of Michelle Obama. The president-elect's better half not only has stature but is statuesque. She has coruscating intelligence, beauty, style and -- drumroll, please -- a butt. (Yes, you read that right: I'm going to talk about the first lady's butt.)

What a bonus! From the ocean of nastiness that defined this campaign, Michelle Obama rose up like Venus on the waves, keeping her coif above water and cruising the coattails of history to present us with a brand-new beauty norm before we knew it was even happening.

Actually, it took me and a lot of other similarly configured black women by surprise. So anxious and indignant were we about Michelle getting attacked for saying anything about America that conservatives could turn into mud, we hardly looked south of her neck. As I gradually relaxed, as Michelle strode onto more stages and people started focusing on her clothes and presence instead of her patriotism, it dawned on me -- good God, she has a butt! "OMG, her butt is humongous!" went a typical comment on one African-American online forum, and while it isn't humongous, per se, it is a solid, round, black, class-A boo-tay.
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