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According to her official White House biography, Michelle Obama went through Chicago public schools, then went on to study sociology and African-American studies at Princeton University. She then graduated from Harvard Law School in 1988 and joined the Chicago law firm Sidley & Austin, where she met Barack Obama.
While this all seems amazing, the journey was a lot more complicated than it sounds, especially during Michelle’s childhood. In the Netflix trailer for Becoming, Michelle speaks in an interview about how some people tried to stop her from achieving her dreams. The interviewer asks her, “In high school, your guidance counselor didn’t see in you what you saw in yourself.” Michelle agrees and explains, “She decided I was reaching too high.”
Thankfully, Michelle didn’t listen to this person. Not only that, but she’s using her own pain to lift up others. Later in the Netflix trailer, a young woman asks Michelle: “How did you, as a black woman, persevere?” Michelle replies: “We can’t afford to wait for the world to be equal to start feeling seen.”
In an incredibly optimistic note, Michelle says: “I feel like I’ve got to share with you all that the energy that’s out there is much better than what we see.”
Written by: Nicki
