"Frustration, "can feel isolating. It can make you feel like your life somehow doesn't matter. And as we've seen over the past few years, those feelings are real," the first lady added.
"They're rooted in decades of structural challenges that have made too many folks feel frustrated and invisible, and those feelings are playing out in communities like Baltimore and Ferguson and so many others across this country."
But while being a minority in the United States can be tough, she said, it was no reason to lose hope." -Michelle Obama
Michelle Obama on being the first African-American FLOTUS and race perceptions
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