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Michelle Obama?s Entitlement

Speaking to the NAACP convention last Monday, Michelle Obama said:

I know that I stand here today, and I know that my husband stands where he is today, because of this organization ? and because of the struggles and the sacrifices of all those who came before us. But I also know that their legacy isn?t an entitlement to be taken for granted. And I know it is not simply a gift to be enjoyed. Instead, it is an obligation to be fulfilled.

To say that the legacy of the NAACP?s early struggles is not an ?entitlement to be taken for granted? suggests that it is in fact an entitlement, but one that must be earned.

It would be nice to know what Michelle Obama thinks that entitlement is. For starters, does fulfilling the obligation imposed by the ?gift? from the NAACP?s struggles (something that is ?not simply a gift? is still a gift) entitle blacks to equal treatment or to preferential treatment?

Since no one has asked Michelle Obama, we don?t know what she thinks she is entitled to.

Full post as published by Discriminations on July 15, 2010 (boomark / email).