“Princeton-Educated Blacks and the Black Community” POLITICO Publishes Michelle Obama Thesis
February 22nd, 2008
After Princeton restricted access to Michelle Obama’s thesis many bloggers started questioning what was in the piece, they don’t have to wait any longer. The Obama campaign made the thesis available exclusively to Politico. Entitled “Princeton-Educated Blacks and the Black Community” and written under her made name Michelle LaVaughn Robinson in 1985, the piece offers a surprising window into the life and experience of Ms. Obama.
“My experiences at Princeton have made me far more aware of my ‘blackness’ than ever before,” the future Mrs. Obama wrote in her thesis introduction. “I have found that at Princeton, no matter how liberal and open-minded some of my white professors and classmates try to be toward me, I sometimes feel like a visitor on campus; as if I really don’t belong. Regardless of the circumstances underwhich I interact with whites at Princeton, it often seems as if, to them, I will always be black first and a student second.”
You can download a copy in Michelle Obama’s Thesis, Princeton Educated Blacks (pdf) here.
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April 24th, 2008 at 2:50 pm
I was reading Michelle Obama’s thesis and couldn’t get past page 43. She takes too long to get to her findings, and did she proofread this? I am a former resident of Princeton, and I can tell you from living there for over ten years (1985 included) that Princeton Twsp., Princeton Boro and Princeton University are THE most unbiased, accepting bunch of Democrats anywhere. Michelle seems to have built this separatist race complex from somewhere else.
April 25th, 2008 at 8:54 am
I would love to know what her advisor’s feelings and notes were on this thesis.
April 25th, 2008 at 9:02 am
Yeah I am curious as well. She received the degree so undoubtedly she did well. With that said, there isn’t much substance and it is not the caliber I would expect for a Princeton thesis.
September 5th, 2008 at 10:07 am
she didnt do well. she played the race card to advance. I dislike them more every day.
October 31st, 2008 at 9:02 am
This is so sad. There are so many African American people that are nice, kind, intelligent and hard working. When someone writes something like this, is tells me that she is shallow, has a chip on her shoulder and wants to cry
“Poor Black People” to get a passing grade so she really doesn't have to do the research and hard work on her paper.
She should be ashamed and I can see why she would want this paper locked up. I am white but have more black
friends than most black people. I have no problem with the color of a persons skin. It is character that counts.
November 12th, 2008 at 6:21 pm
I think your response was shallow. Michelle Obama obviously became very successful after leaving Princeton, which shows she is a hardworker. To imply that she was whining to get a better grade on her thesis is insulting. Just becuase you have black friends does not mean you understand the trials and tribulations that goes along with being black. You statement that you have more black friends than most blacks is even more ridiculous. Maybe you meant than most black people you know. It's easy for a person to say character counts when they are not black. Of course character is what counts but there are many Americans that see skin color first and their opionions do not change until after they get to know a person of color. I've had many people judge me based on skin color so come from under your rock and open your eyes discrimination still exists even with a new bi-racial Presidential-elect.
January 11th, 2009 at 4:01 pm
I agree with Kevin. Her response just cries ouot and shows people that she is la-la-la I'm gonna do a paper without any thought and then get people to take pity on me so I get a passing grade. It is not fair and should not matter what race you are. Grades. Are. The. Same. For. EVERYONE.
August 4th, 2009 at 7:32 pm
Michelle Obama
says that her husband will require
people to work.