Michelle Obama Wants You To Monitor Your Family For Racism As of late, First Lady Michelle Obama seems to be going from one rant about racism to another. In her recent speech to High School seniors graduating in Topeka, Kansas, she urged students to monitor their own family members for racial intolerance. Our laws may no longer separate us based on our skin color, but nothing in the Constitution says we have to eat together in the lunchroom, or live together in the same neighborhoods, Michelle told the graduating class, Theres no court case against believing in stereotypes or thinking that certain kinds of hateful jokes or comments are funny. She then encouraged to drag their parents and grandparents down the path of racial tolerance. Maybe that starts simply in your own family, Michelle said, When grandpa tells that off-colored joke at Thanksgiving, or youve got an aunt [that] talks about those people. Or maybe its when you go off to college and you decided to join a sorority or fraternity, and you ask the question, how can we get more diversity in our next pledge class? Or maybe its years from now, when youre on the job and youre the one who asks, do we really have all the voices and viewpoints we need at this table? Finally, Michelle concluded, No matter what you do, the point is to never be afraid to talk about these issues, particular the issue of race. What do you think? Was Michelles speech appropriate for a high school graduation? 