Here’s Michelle Obama’s well delivered and well received speech from last night:
At the 8:30 mark, she starts referring to “we.” Who exactly is “we”? Conversely, who exactly is NOT included in “we” (or “not we,” if you will)?
Michelle Obama and “we”
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@WyIted
Not necessarily. One could conceivably put it in the Economics forum, the Society forum, the Show Business forum, perhaps maybe even the Philosophy forum (would be a stretch). One might even create a Venn Diagram of how the subject matter intersects with each of these categories. This speech was delivered at the Democratic National Convention— an event decidedly rooted in politics, by the spouse of a political figure, in support of a political figure and in support of a certain political worldview. So, being in the Politics forum is wholly appropriate and reasonable.
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@cristo71
I think she is only talking to black people and seemed to say only black people. Specifically black people in that room who are the opposite of what she framed them as.
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@cristo71
I think the "we" are all the oppressed victims like the Obamas and Oprah.
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@cristo71
What if someone said
We are a great country.
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@cristo71
Conversely, who exactly is NOT included in “we” (or “not we,” if you will)?
Well of course people who are not like Obama and Oprah, meaning the people who oppressed them.