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CincyDem

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7. Trashing her is the 3-way intersection of racism, sexism and intellectualism...
Mon May 2, 2016, 10:40 AM
May 2016


Did she get a boost because of her last name, maybe...but consider the broader picture.

Kid from a great school with a super educational track record.
Parents who are both smart as all get out. If she's half as smart, she's doing great (and if she's like my kids, she's probably twice as smart as her parents).
She probably works her a$$ off because of the societal pressure to do well (imagine if she had some of the escapades reported of the Bush twins).

Losers are slamming on her because she's a smart, capable, black woman. They're the kind of people who probably yell "privilege" at every smart, capable, black woman who succeeds because all they see is the black...they're too f'ing stupid to see the smart, capable part.

If she got any boost because of her last name, it was probably from being the 10th choice to being the 8th choice (I made those numbers up). It sure wasn't a boost from the "declined" to the "accepted" group.

I can't wait to see what the next 10-20 years brings for Malia. I have this feeling she's going to be a "change the world" kind of person.

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