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August 25, 2008
Politics aside...
I wasn't really interested in watching the DNC coverage b/c after the Olympics and the coverage of the VP announcement on Saturday, I'm really kind of "talking-headed out." For real.
But Cameron wanted to watch Michelle's speech, so here I sit.
I have to admit, politics aside (which I do believe is possible), I'm pretty moved seeing a black woman up there at the center of all this hooplah, not talking about what she's owed, or what she's missing, or what she should have, but about things that an entired rainbow colored room full of people are rallied around. I kind of can't explain it if you don't get it. And I'm too hormonal to try :).
Now, what I don't like are the "isms" that she's throwing into her speech pattern. I mean, maybe they are natural. But they don't smell natural. Barack does the same thing times 10, and it almost has me at the point where I want to turn him off like I do Hillary. The basic purpose of these "isms" is to ride the fence between the fact that they naturally "talk white" but need to "spice it up" a little. I heard it constantly growing up in Jack and Jill, and employ it myself sometimes when necessary. It's annoying.
But conceptually, for me, this is kind of cool to watch - politics aside.
Posted by nikl at August 25, 2008 09:38 PM
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