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  • 5/17/2025
In the history of the United States there has never been a more empowering, intelligent or charismatic First Lady as Mic | dG1fbGN2YXVQYks3d0k
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00:00I am from the south side of Chicago that tells you as much about me as you need
00:09to know it was a typical working-class community some good music some good
00:16barbecue some good times so little of who I am happened in those eight years
00:25so much more of who I was happened before in high school your guidance counselor didn't see in you
00:35what you saw in yourself she decided I was reaching too high how did you as a black woman persevere we
00:45can't afford to wait for the world to be equal to start feeling seen I feel like I got to share
00:52with you all that the energy that's out there is much better than what we see my mother would say
01:04Michelle and Barack Obama aren't special there are millions of Michelle and Barack Obama's all over
01:10the world if we can open up a little bit more to each other and share our stories that's what breaks
01:18down barriers this is totally me unplugged for the first time
01:46you

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