There’s been quite a discussion of role models lately. Michelle Obama declared herself “shaken to the core” by some of Donald Trump’s quotes:
“I have to tell you that I can’t stop thinking about this. It has shaken me to my core in a way that I couldn’t have predicted. So while I’d love nothing more than to pretend like this isn’t happening, and to come out here and do my normal campaign speech, it would be dishonest and disingenuous to me to just move on to the next thing like this was all just a bad dream,” Obama said.
“The fact is that in this election, we have a candidate for president of the United States who, over the course of his lifetime and the course of this campaign, has said things about women that are so shocking, so demeaning that I simply will not repeat anything here today,” claimed the first lady.
This is a lot of umbrage considering how mow many times misogynist rappers have been invited to the obama White House.
Let’s look at a role model for the obama’s. Let’s look at some examples of what Michelle seems not to find demeaning to women.
Michelle Obama has thanked Beyonce
“for being a role model who kids everywhere can look up to.”
Barack Obama has said
“Beyoncé could not be a better role model for my girls”
Then there are those role model lyrics
Fifty percent of hubby Jay Z’s songs contain the word “bitch.” As in
“Greyhound bitch, stay down bitch.”
You know- women as dogs.
Beyonce herself has some role model lyrics for the obama girls:
“First both of my legs go back on your head, and whatever you want, yeah baby, I’m bad” and “I can’t wait till I get home so you can turn that cherry out/I want you to turn that cherry out, turn that cherry out.”
I do not consider any of this classy, nor do I consider any of it to be role model-worthy. The obama’s and I have differing perceptions of role model behavior. That they find this appealing shakes me to my core. It has been lucrative, though, and perhaps for the obama’s role models are those who make loads of money at any cost.
I leave you with Jay Z’s “Big Pimpin'”:
Uhh, uh uh uh
It’s big pimpin baby..
It’s big pimpin, spendin G’s
Feel me.. uh-huh uhh, uh-huh..
Ge-ge-geyeah, geyeah
Ge-ge-geyeah, geyeah..You know I – thug em, fuck em, love em, leave em
Cause I don’t fuckin need em
Take em out the hood, keep em lookin good
But I don’t fuckin feed em
First time they fuss I’m breezin
Talkin bout, “What’s the reasons?”
I’m a pimp in every sense of the word, bitch
Better trust than believe em
In the cut where I keep em
til I need a nut, til I need to beat the guts
Then it’s, beep beep and I’m pickin em up
Let em play with the dick in the truck
Many chicks wanna put Jigga fist in cuffs
Divorce him and split his bucks
Just because you got good head, I’ma break bread
so you can be livin it up? Shit I..
parts with nothin, y’all be frontin
Me give my heart to a woman?
Not for nothin, never happen
I’ll be forever mackin
Heart cold as assassins, I got no passion
I got no patience
And I hate waitin..
Hoe get yo’ ass in
And let’s RI-I-I-I-I-IDE.. check em out now
RI-I-I-I-I-IDE, yeah
And let’s RI-I-I-I-I-IDE.. check em out now
RI-I-I-I-I-IDE, yeah
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Except for liberals being foolish.
