Picture comparing Michele Obama to Coretta King

[grude]

This pic is all over facebook, people are forwarding it saying its beautiful and inspirational. :eek:

Its Michele holding her daughter at some event, on the other side is Loretta King at her husband's funeral.

Creepy is the first thought that came to my mind.


EDIT: typo in title I meant Coretta Scott King of course.

[Hedda Rosa]

Well to start with, this may be "going around today" but it has been around for a while.

Basically every mom has had her little girl lean against her like that. I don't find it particularly creepy. Are you suggesting it is creepy because its prescient in some way?

[grude]

Are you suggesting it is creepy because its prescient in some way?

Coretta is at her husband's funeral so yea it seems odd to think comparing her pose to Michele is inspirational. Although on asking someone who forwarded this to me they had no clue who Coretta was or where the pic of her was taken(they are not American).

[tdn]

Link to the picture in question. (http://www.myspace.com/sweetsugainmycoffee/photos/45573769#%7B%22ImageId%22%3A45573769%7D)

No, not really creepy at all. More like... beautiful.

[Moonlitherial]

Wow I'd find this insulting.

To expand on what Hedda Rose said almost every parent has had their child lean on them this way. Is this inspirational because they're both black women married to men in positions of power?

[Foggy]

I don't see this as creepy. Why do you think it's creepy?

Here is the picture for those of us who haven't seen it. (http://caseclosed2.files.wordpress.com/2008/11/king_obama3.jpg)

[The Great Sun Jester]

[Psycho-critic hat]
Ms. King, you will note, is holding her daughter. Ms. Obama, is not and in fact has a mildly annoyed look on her mug. This can only be interpreted as proof that she subscribes to her husbands mysogynistic religious views and is also a crypto muslim.
[/Psycho-critic hat]

Otherwise I don't understand the significance of the photos apart from a similar pose of a coupla black women and their daughters. Nobody'd have cared if there was a similar Hillary/Chelsea photo (assuming of course Chelsea wasn't a teenager when her dad was POTUS).

[Hedda Rosa]

[Psycho-critic hat]
Ms. King, you will note, is holding her daughter. Ms. Obama, is not and in fact has a mildly annoyed look on her mug. This can only be interpreted as proof that she subscribes to her husbands mysogynistic religious views and is also a crypto muslim.
[/Psycho-critic hat]

Ha! If I'd been drinking a soda, you'd owe me a new keyboard. :D

[Rachellelogram]

Ms. Obama, is not and in fact has a mildly annoyed look on her mug.
Mrs. Obama isn't holding a mug.

[Marley23]

EDIT: typo in title I meant Coretta Scott King of course.
Fixed it.

[WhyNot]

Oh. I guess I "read" it completely differently. I read it as wishing (hoping? predicting?) that Obama would be assassinated, like King was, and leave Michelle widowed and his daughter grieving.

Which yes, I did find rather creepy, and offensive.

[Simplicio]

I don't see this as creepy. Why do you think it's creepy?

Here is the picture for those of us who haven't seen it. (http://caseclosed2.files.wordpress.com/2008/11/king_obama3.jpg)

I think its a little creepy because MLK was a famous black leader who was assassinated, and there's obviously some worry that Obama might suffer a similar fate, in which case the picture will be meaningful, if depressing.

I'm sure what the creator was going for was a more inspirational message: that Mrs King lived in a world where she and her daughter were second class citizens, but thanks in part to her husbands efforts, Mrs Obama's husband has Caucasian Admirals saluting him whenever he enters the room.

But I can see where the OP is coming from in seeing the first interpretation rather then the second.

Is this inspirational because they're both black women married to men in positions of power?

The second woman is married to man whose position of power was made possible by the actions (and death) of the husband of the first man.

[The Great Sun Jester]

[Simplicio explanation]

:smack: Man I'm thick sometimes.

[NinetyWt]

the husband of the first man.

Say what?

[panache45]

I'm sure what the creator was going for was a more inspirational message: that Mrs King lived in a world where she and her daughter were second class citizens, but thanks in part to her husbands efforts, Mrs Obama's husband has Caucasian Admirals saluting him whenever he enters the room.

This. To me, it's a commentary on how much we, as a society, have progressed in just one generation. The older generation assassinated its heroes; today's generation elects them President.

Of course this comparison can be destroyed by one bullet . . . and that horrible possibility is also part of the message.

[Pai325]

I think it is creepy, too, for the reason given by WhyNot. Too many nuts out there.

[corkboard]

Not creepy at all. It's called "a coincidence".

However, my first thought upon seeing it was "damn, Michelle has some nice gams".

[Asimovian]

I hope I can be forgiven for pointing out the distinction in the two pictures in that Michelle is showing off the very lovely First Gams. Clearly, a much happier occasion than the picture on the left for anyone within viewing distance.

[WhyNot]

I think both of them are lovely, actually. And both girls adorable. But yes, modern dress is a little more gam glam than 1968 funeral garb.

[Push You Down]

I don't find it creepy per se... just stupid.
I don't understand the point of juxtaposition. What's the creator's point?