The outburst didn’t bother me so much as the fact that she was “taken aback” when FLOTUS called her out. A commenter from Racialicious says it beautifully:

I think heckling the first lady and then being scared b/c she was “in your face” is chock full of racist undertones. I would say not even undertones, just [...]

I’m just gonna leave this here:

http://www.racialicious.com/2013/06/05/open-thread-michelle-obam
a-heckled-by-lgbt-activist/

*anti-racism

I’m sure it will be right after their series on GetEqual’s “stellar’ record on racism. Oh wait…

Yeah! How dare a site written for women by women post something about women!

You’re new here, aren’t you?

Nicole,
Thank you for the apology. I apologize also for getting so nasty.

Best wishes.

So that wasn’t your last post? Oh, well… BTW, I found your blog. The reason you hadn’t gotten any complaints is because only two other people have posted something about it and one was just a reblog. (No comments on the reblog, BTW.) It’s funny that you call yourself a freelance journalist. Especially when you [...]

If yours is the type of allyship that’s being offered through intersectionality, then it is neither wanted nor needed.

You should really, REALLY do more reading on the subject before you make yourself look any more foolish.

Goodnight!

Oops. Meant to delete that last line.

When someone prefaces their apology with “I’m sorry you were offended *but*…” then it’s not an apology; it’s a cop-out, and it’s patronizing. I am trying to defend the use of the word because I did not mean it to be offensive and did not use it maliciously. The phrase “intent isn’t magic” applies here. [...]

Perhaps it’s the language barrier that’s preventing me from communicating clearly. I’ll try to write simpler from now on. My point is, simply, that it is not the place for a non-”Mulato” to say what is and is not offensive to one. This Mulato is offended. And if you were truly sorry, you would stop trying [...]

‘Mulatto’ is an accepted term where I live Acceptable by whom? White Brazillians? Women and men pride themselves in being mulattos and upon research I did to write this, I found it is an accepted term. LOL! That’s like someone telling a Black American that’s it’s totally okay to call them a “nigga” because they heard [...]

It’s rather hypocritical for someone championing intersectionality to use the offensive term “mulatto”.

I answered that already. You just handwaved it as “pearl-clutching” instead of addressing it. Because it is! What you’re essentially saying is, “How dare the rabbit not mourn for the fox? Why doesn’t the mouse cry for the hawk? They’re all creatures of the earth!” But if the rabbit has been used and abused by the [...]

Yes, as a matter of fact, I AM aware of those people. And I care about them. Even without media coverage. IOU one cookie. She should care about white people because it shouldn’t be about race . It shouldn’t be about race. But it is. People of color get shot down in the inner-city all the time. Brown parents lose their [...]

By doing so, she completely suspends her personal responsibility in controling her emotions, which isn’t far from the tried-and-true way of excusing rape with “men just can’t control themselves” reasoning. Because apathy towards the plight of a privileged group is *exactly* the same as apathy towards the plight of an *oppressed* group. Plus it makes no sense [...]

3-I on why Mia’s articles are necessary in the first place. Ever heard of Zurana Horton? Kimani Gray? Those 87 people who died while making the shoes on your feet? There has been massive coverage of people holding marathons in solidarity with the Boston runners, but all Zurana got was people complaining about how taxpayer [...]

Beyonce has as much right to the last name she was born with as Shawn Carter has to the last name he was born with. Nobody is born with a name. They’re *given* at birth or chosen by someone once they get older. Beyonce has chosen to take her husband’s name and he hers. Equality is a [...]

How does doing what’s expected of her, becoming Mrs. Hisname, help matters? First of all if she kept her name instead of changing it, she would still be Ms. Hisname – her husband’s or her father’s. Secondly, “Mrs. Carter” is the name of her *tour*: Both she and Jay-Z had their names legally changed to Knowles-Carter [...]