2024年3月21日发(作者：下载无线网络wifi)

Throughout this long, tense election, everyone has focused on

the presidential candidates and how they’ll change America.

Rightly so, but selfishly, I’m more fascinated by Michelle Obama

and what she might be able to do, not just for this country, but

for me as an African-American woman.

As the potential First Lady, she would have the world’s attention.

And that means that for the first time people will have a chance

to get up close and personal with the type of African-American

woman they so rarely see.

Usually, the lives of black women go largely unexamined.

The prevailing theory seems to be that we’re all hot-tempered

single mothers who can’t keep a man.

Even in the world of make-believe, black women still can’t

escape the stereotype of being eye-rolling, oversexed females

raised by our never-married, alcoholic (酗酒的) mothers.

These images have helped define the way all women are viewed,

including Michelle Obama.

Before she ever gets the chance to commit to a cause, charity or

foundation as First Lady, her most urgent and perhaps most

complicated duty may be simple to be herself.

It won’t be easy.

Because few mainstream publications have done in-depth

features on regular African-American women, little is known

But for many African-American women like me, just a little of her

poise (沉着), confidence and intelligence will go a long way in

changing an image that’s been around for far too long.

For better or worse, Michelle will represent us all.

Just as she will have her critics, she will also have millions of fans

who usually have little interest in the First Lady.

Many African-American blogs have written about what they’d

like to see Michelle bring to the White House—mainly showing

the world that a black woman can support her man and raise a

strong black family.

Michelle will have to work to please everyone—an impossible

task.

about who we are, what we think and what we face on a regular

basis.

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在这一漫长而又紧张的选举期间，每个让你都把注意力集中在总统候选人

以及他们将怎样改变美国的问题上。

这样并没有错。但是从个人的角度来看，我更着迷于米歇尔奥巴马以及她

可能会做些什么---不但是为这个国家，更是为作为一个非裔美国人的我。

可能成为第一夫人的她，将会受到全世界的关注。这意味着历史上第一次，

人们有机会近距离并以个人的眼光去仔细观察他们甚少注视的非裔美国

女性。

通常，黑人妇女的生活大部分都是不受关注的。

流行的看法似乎是，我们都是性格暴躁的单身母亲，没有办法留住男人。

甚至在想象的世界里，黑人妇女仍不能摆脱由从不结婚且酗酒的母亲抚养

大的一群爱翻白眼，性欲过剩的女性这一陈词滥调。

这些形象决定了黑人妇女被看待的方式，包括米歇尔-奥巴马。

在她还未获得机会，以第一夫人的身份投身于一项事业，慈善或者基金会

之前，她最迫切，最错综复杂的责任可能仅仅是做好她自己。

这并不简单。

因为几乎没有主流媒体会对普通的非裔美国女性进行深入的专题报道，我

们是什么人，我们怎么思考，以及我们日常面的事情这些问题知之甚少。

无论怎样，米歇尔将会代表我们所有人。

就像有批评她的人一样，她也会有数百万通常对第一夫人一点儿都不敢兴

趣的“粉丝”。

很多非裔美国人的博客上写满了他们希望米歇尔给白宫带去的改变---主

要是向世界展示一名黑人妇女可以支持她的丈夫，支撑一个强大的黑人家

庭。

米歇尔需要努力工作，让每个人满意-----一项不可能的任务

但是对于很多像我一样的非裔美国女性而言，她的哪怕是一点儿沉着，自

信和智慧都会改变一个存在已久的形象有长远影响。