Former First Lady Michelle Obama complained how she had to navigate 'white hot glare' as a Black First Lady as she was discussing her new book 'The Look' on ABC News. “We were all too aware that as a first black couple, we couldn’t afford any missteps. And that as a black woman, I was under a particularly white hot glare,” Michelle wrote in her book. During the interview, when she was asked particularly about her phrase 'white hot glare', Michelle Obama said, "You can't afford to get anything wrong because you didn't get the ...at least until the country came to know us, we didn't get the grace that I think some other families have gotten." “Making a mistake in a political environment where you’re the first and people are where your opponents are using your race as a fear-based stra

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