Is Michelle Obama an Angry Black woman or is the SUN IN HER EYES!? Saudi Arabia
Here we go again! A recent photo of 1st Lady O has gone viral. It looks to me like she has the sun in her eyes and she is squinting (She is in hot azz Saudi Arabia btw)!
I highly doubt that this ivy league educated woman (first lady of the most powerful country) was not well aware that she was in a country in which men who are probably less educated are in positions of power. It’s a known fact that women have little to NO rights (in these countries) and she was standing among them as an equal. Many opted not to shake her hand while greeting her husband. I can respect their culture, but I do not adhere to it’s limitations on women. Once again, the media is making a mockery of a major moment in women’s lib. Why must we diminish a woman in power to being a hormonal bag of emotion, incapable of holding her own? Thanks media for perpetuating the ‘Angry Black Woman’ stereotype….again and again. This woman literally is squinting because it’s sunny!
There are literally about 40 articles floating around like this!
“Talk about a fierce frown from FLOTUS! Michelle Obama‘s disapproving expression while meeting the new leader of Saudi Arabia on Tuesday, Jan. 27, said it all.” -via Yahoo News
The First Lady, 51, was snapped alongside her husband Barack Obama in Riyadh, paying respects to King Salman bin Abdulaziz, the successor of the late King Abdullah, during what was a quick stop in the country for the funeral. As King Salman shook hands with the President, the First Lady was photographed frowning at the royal.
At times, she looked rather uncomfortable and annoyed, even, as she and her husband met with Saudi officials.
Under the kingdom’s strict dress code for women, Saudi females are required to wear a headscarf and loose, black robes in public. Most women in Saudi Arabia cover their hair and face with a veil known as the niqab. But covering one’s head is not required for foreigners, and some Western women choose to forego the headscarf while in Saudi Arabia.
As a delegation of dozens of Saudi officials — all men — greeted the Obamas in Riyadh, some shook hands with Mrs. Obama. Others avoided a handshake but acknowledged the first lady with a nod as they passed by.
Saudi Arabia imposes many restrictions on women on the strict interpretation of Islamic Shariah (shah-REE’-yuh) law known as Wahhabism. Genders are strictly segregated. Women are banned from driving, although there have been campaigns in recent years to lift that ban. Guardianship laws also require women to get permission from a male relative to travel, get married, enroll in higher education or undergo certain surgical procedures.
