Michelle Obama : The "Revolutionary" Black Woman ?

I absolutely adore Michelle Obama and how she is helping raise the self esteem of Black women and girls simply by being herself: Beautiful, Powerful, Free and most definitely Living a Quality life. However, I keep hearing a theme in relation to both Michelle and her husband that worries me--this excerpt from the Washington Post.com pretty much highlights my concern:

With all the challenges facing professional black women today, we hope that Michelle Obama will defy the negative stereotypes about us. And that, now that a strong professional black woman is center stage, she'll bring to light what we already know: that an accomplished black woman can be a loyal and supportive wife and a good mother and still fulfill her own dreams. The fact that her husband clearly adores Michelle is both refreshing and reassuring to many of us who long to find a good man who will love and appreciate us.

Recently, a friend who's a married professional mother of three girls wrote to me: "I think one of the most interesting things about Michelle Obama is that what she and her husband are doing is pretty revolutionary these days -- and I don't mean running for president. For a black man and woman in the U.S. to be happily married, with children, and working as partners to build a life -- let alone a life of service to others -- all while rearing their children together is downright revolutionary."

It's how so many black professional women feel. And our hope is that if Michelle Obama becomes first lady, the revolution will come to us at last.

While I think the marriage between the Obama's is wonderful and I love seeing it, it gives me pause that the author of the article seems to imply the old BC standard "just hang on girls, you too can have the revolutionary black marriage..just hang on." To use Evia's phrase, this sounds a LOT like "magical thinking" to me and it's very dangerous to BW who are serious about having a loving husband and children TODAY versus some time in the magical future that may never come.

Please go the the Washingtonpost.com and read the article Black.Female.Accomplished.Attacked. in its entirety; it's a great piece.