Cal Thomas said on Fox News last week that black women on television "are usually angry about something," and singled out Michelle Obama, who also has made the cover of National Review as an angry "Mrs. Grievance," and been referred to by Michelle Malkin as her husband's "bitter half."
With the predominantly white feminist movement still smarting about the loss of Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton of New York, black women have risen to Mrs. Obama's defense.
E. Faye Williams, national chairwoman of the National Congress of Black Women, is among the commentators speaking out. In her weekly syndicated column, she asks, "Since when did the right wing become frightened of black women?"
"They've always entrusted black women to cook their food and to run their households. Some even considered black women to be their confidantes. So, how did they become afraid of us in the person of Michelle Obama?" Ms. Williams said. "Lay off Michelle Obama."
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