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<blockquote data-quote="Catatonic" data-source="post: 2995915" data-attributes="member: 7966"><p><span style="font-size: 22px"><strong>When racism cuts, Michelle Obama helps us</strong></span></p><p>Without a second thought, I freeze with terror when I see a police officer -- in any country -- or wake up in a panic when I know that my son is driving home late. It often feels like there's no escape from this nightmare.</p><p><span style="font-size: 22px"><strong></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 22px"><strong><img src="http://i2.cdn.cnn.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/161115121519-michelle-obama-11-14-file-medium-plus-169.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 22px"><strong></strong></span></p><p>Michelle Obama called 'ape in heels' 01:22</p><p>So when I saw watermelon slices scattered all over my patio, I took it as a form of racist intimidation. The problem was, I wasn't in the United States. I was in Costa Rica, where watermelon is just a delicious fruit</p><p>enjoyed by all. There's<a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2014/12/how-watermelons-became-a-racist-trope/383529/" target="_blank"> no racial stigma</a> attached, no lingering racist Reconstruction Era cultural stereotypes about lazy blacks and watermelons.</p><p>Calm down and breathe is what I told myself as I cleaned up those watermelon rinds. It's nothing. But generations of toxic cultural indoctrination do not die easily </p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.cnn.com/2017/07/30/opinions/michelle-obama-overcoming-racism-opinion-jones/index.html" target="_blank">When racism cuts, Michelle Obama helps us heal (opinion) - CNN.com</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Catatonic, post: 2995915, member: 7966"] [SIZE=6][B]When racism cuts, Michelle Obama helps us[/B][/SIZE] Without a second thought, I freeze with terror when I see a police officer -- in any country -- or wake up in a panic when I know that my son is driving home late. It often feels like there's no escape from this nightmare. [SIZE=6][B] [IMG]http://i2.cdn.cnn.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/161115121519-michelle-obama-11-14-file-medium-plus-169.jpg[/IMG] [/B][/SIZE] Michelle Obama called 'ape in heels' 01:22 So when I saw watermelon slices scattered all over my patio, I took it as a form of racist intimidation. The problem was, I wasn't in the United States. I was in Costa Rica, where watermelon is just a delicious fruit enjoyed by all. There's[URL='https://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2014/12/how-watermelons-became-a-racist-trope/383529/'] no racial stigma[/URL] attached, no lingering racist Reconstruction Era cultural stereotypes about lazy blacks and watermelons. Calm down and breathe is what I told myself as I cleaned up those watermelon rinds. It's nothing. But generations of toxic cultural indoctrination do not die easily [URL="http://www.cnn.com/2017/07/30/opinions/michelle-obama-overcoming-racism-opinion-jones/index.html"]When racism cuts, Michelle Obama helps us heal (opinion) - CNN.com[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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