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2018 Recap: Trump Gets Away with it Because He's White -- Michelle Obama in Detroit

December 27, 2018, 7:12 AM

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This Dec. 12 repost is the sixth in a Top 10 countdown of most-read articles in 2018, a daily series that ends New Year’s Eve. Links to earlier installments are at the end.

Former First Lady Michelle Obama took the stage at Little Caesars Arena Tuesday night [Dec.11] and told the crowd that African-American leaders face greater difficulty than their white counterparts.

The Free Press reports:

Obama talked about the scrutiny that she and her family endured as the first black family in the White House. "We can't make mistakes. We can't get indicted," she said, as the crowd roared with approval at the zing of the current president's administration.

"There is a difference in standards," she said. "We are seeing that right now. We live with double standards all the time."

Obama was in town promoting her new book, "Becoming." Earlier, she stopped by the Motown museum, where she visited with Detroit students.

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Read more:  Detroit Free Press


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