Michelle Obama: ‘Yes, We Are Black... But We Bleed Red, and We Love, Red, White, and Blue’

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OBAMA: “So I knew very quickly that I had to control every aspect of how I showed up in the world. It was a race to let the country learn me from me before they learn this other crazy woman that they were talking about, the angry, bitter black woman that was a terrorist and a danger to her country and didn't love her country. And how I showed up in the world played a huge role in just reminding people that we are normal people. Yes, we are black — 
(Laughter)
— but we bleed red and we love red, white, and blue. And a lot of that went into thinking strategically about how I showed up every day."