Why y'all gotta do that? Why this matters: there is a racially derogatory link between Black/African-Americans, poverty, and the idea of the lazy welfare queen. We can only suppose the intention behind the caption points to the following logic: Michelle Obama = Black. Michelle Obama = wife. Black people = don't have wives. Black people's wives = "baby mommas" like on Maury Povich. Therefore, it being racist boils down to how it's acceptable to dehumanize Blacks/African-Americans, and not consider them, as an entire population, capable of "achieving" a normative standard we use to distinguish "ourselves" from "them." While this may be cutesy and funny to some, humor often veils the subtleties of racism, and other disturbing things we've internalized as truth.
Also, having Malkin on the left doesn't make my weekend, either. But it does help that the woman is looking goofy, though. I really despise that woman, especially since she is a person of color defending racial profiling.
Pardon?
Anyway, I'll have a more extensive post about racism and sexism later on. Now, I leave you with a clip from the defunct MTV2 children's show parody, Wonder Showzen, for some truth:
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