{"id":46407,"date":"2016-04-01T17:51:42","date_gmt":"2016-04-01T17:51:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mixedracestudies.org\/?p=46407"},"modified":"2016-04-02T19:47:03","modified_gmt":"2016-04-02T19:47:03","slug":"obama-praises-wife-michelles-curves-as-he-sits-down-with-prima-ballerina-misty-copeland-for-interview-about-body-image-and-growing-up-black-in-america%ef%bb%bf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/?p=46407","title":{"rendered":"Obama praises wife Michelle&#8217;s curves as he sits down with prima ballerina Misty Copeland for interview about body image and growing up black in America\ufeff"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-3491993\/Obama-sits-interview-prima-ballerina-Misty-Copeland.html\" target=\"_blank\">Obama praises wife Michelle&#8217;s curves as he sits down with prima ballerina Misty Copeland for interview about body image and growing up black in America<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\" target=\"_blank\">The Daily Mail<\/a><br \/>\nLondon, United Kingdom<br \/>\n2016-03-14<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The president and ballerina <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mixedracestudies.org\/?p=46035\" target=\"_blank\">interviewed each other for TIME magazine<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mistycopeland.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Copeland<\/a> is the first ever African American to be named the principal dancer at the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/American_Ballet_Theatre\" target=\"_blank\">American Ballet Theater<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Barack_Obama\" target=\"_blank\">Obama<\/a> praised her for being a role model to his young daughters as she breaks barriers with her athletic body type<\/li>\n<li>Copeland asked Obama for advice on how to stay humble and grounded when one reaches the top of their field<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>They have a shared history of multiracial families, being raised by single mothers and making it to the top position of their respective fields.<\/p>\n<p>Now <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Barack_Obama\" target=\"_blank\">President Barack Obama<\/a> and Prima Ballerina <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mistycopeland.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Misty Copeland<\/a> are sharing a table, discussing their thoughts on women&#8217;s body image, affirmative action and growing up black in America.<\/p>\n<p>Copeland, the first African American to be named the principal dancer at the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/American_Ballet_Theatre\" target=\"_blank\">American Ballet Theater<\/a>, has been breaking barriers in the ballet world with her athletic body type.<\/p>\n<p>And Obama revealed during the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mixedracestudies.org\/?p=46035\" target=\"_blank\">TIME interview<\/a> that it was the likes of Copeland and wife <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Michelle_Obama\" target=\"_blank\">Michelle<\/a> that were acting as role models for his daughters as they learn the pressures women face today to &#8216;look a certain way&#8217;&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;Copeland said that growing up African American has definitely been a &#8216;huge obstacle&#8217; but she credited for giving her &#8216;this fire&#8217; that has made her one of the best in her field.<\/p>\n<p>As both she and the president praised social media for inciting conversation on racism and discrimination in the country, Obama pointed out that more still had to be done&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Read the entire article <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-3491993\/Obama-sits-interview-prima-ballerina-Misty-Copeland.html\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Obama praises wife Michelle&#8217;s curves as he sits down with prima ballerina Misty Copeland for interview about body image and growing up black in America The Daily Mail London, United Kingdom 2016-03-14 The president and ballerina interviewed each other for TIME magazine Copeland is the first ever African American to be named the principal dancer [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,24,63,13743,8,20],"tags":[2099,19922,3050,19784,3521],"class_list":["post-46407","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles","category-arts","category-barack-obama","category-interviews","category-media-archive","category-usa","tag-michelle-obama","tag-misty-copeland","tag-the-daily-mail","tag-time","tag-time-magazine"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46407","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=46407"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46407\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":46408,"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46407\/revisions\/46408"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=46407"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=46407"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=46407"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}