Former First Lady Michelle Obama says racial inequality amid the challenges of the coronavirus pandemic has left her feeling that she has 'some form of low-grade depression.'
The high rates of Black men in prisons, economic disparity and lack of access to quality health care were among the examples Obama pointed to.
Obama also discussed the attitudes some Americans had about the country inaugurating its first Black president when her husband Barak Obama was elected in 2008. "The reaction to it on all sides, the vast discomfort with the notion that a Black man could be sitting in the highest level of office, we saw that. We saw the signs, we saw the nooses,"she said.Reflecting on the pandemic, Obama also discussed the issue of people who refuse to wear masks, calling their actions"frustrating."
"There’s almost like there’s a limit to our sacrifice and it was about a month and then we just got tired of the virus," she said."That’s been disheartening to see so many people who have grown tired of staying at home because the virus didn’t impact them."The country needs to think more about essential workers, many of whom are financially unstable and lack health insurance and greater risks of falling ill, she said.
In the episode, Obama speaks with Washington Post opinion columnist and friend Michele Norris about the rise in protests over racial injustice since the death ofAmid all the challenges facing the country, Obama said she's managing the"emotional highs and lows" by trying to maintain a routine, trying to not be hard on herself, getting outdoors and spending time with her family.
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