Long before Michelle Obama became First Lady, her mother had misgivings
about her marrying a young man named Barack Obama - because he was
biracial.
In a Chicago TV interview that aired during Obama's 2004 U.S. Senate
campaign - and newly resurrected by Michelle Obama biographer Peter
Slevin in a book due out next month - Marion Robinson confessed to being
"a little bit" wary about her future son-in-law being the product of a
white mom and black dad.
But it could've been worse, according to Robinson.
"That didn't concern me as much as had he been completely white," Robinson laughed in the appearance on WTTW's "Chicago Tonight," which was scarcely noticed at the time.
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/exclusive-michelle-obama-mom-biracial-marriage-worries-article-1.2153243
about her marrying a young man named Barack Obama - because he was
biracial.
In a Chicago TV interview that aired during Obama's 2004 U.S. Senate
campaign - and newly resurrected by Michelle Obama biographer Peter
Slevin in a book due out next month - Marion Robinson confessed to being
"a little bit" wary about her future son-in-law being the product of a
white mom and black dad.
But it could've been worse, according to Robinson.
"That didn't concern me as much as had he been completely white," Robinson laughed in the appearance on WTTW's "Chicago Tonight," which was scarcely noticed at the time.
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/exclusive-michelle-obama-mom-biracial-marriage-worries-article-1.2153243
