Opinions: August 20, 2020

Amy Palmer

RE: What did I think of Michelle Obama’s Speech you asked

Dear Amy,

Beautiful elegant woman. Well delivered speech. Trouble is it’s misleading. It suggests white cops murdering poor blacks daily, many time a day. She portrayed racism toward blacks as if slave days, Jim Crowe, pre 1964. That’s wrong. Why not point out large middle class black community in Atlanta and Houston etc? “Look at me”. I’m a lawyer. My husband was your President, This would not have happened in 1964. It’s all sad and negative and justifies burning, looting in cities where Mayor, Police Chief, City Council, Judges, are all black like Chicago. So you can see systemic racism has kept Blacks out of politics in Chicago. My point is stop with “victimhood”. Look to today and future. Focus on educations for free enterprise, trades. Father on site with kids.  No bragging about baby moms. Sorry if it offends someone. Not Tom Sowell, Shelby Steele.

Peter