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by Janelle Jolley onNovember 20, 2008
Salon's article "First Lady Got Back" is a clear demonstration that despite the historic events of Nov. 4, there is still a lot to do about how we talk and think about black people. Especially black women who are often seen as no more than the mere sum of their body parts, especially that part.
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