ADVERTISEMENT“Show a little class.” That was the message Elizabeth Lauten, communications director to a congressman, had for Sasha and Malia Obama in 2014. For eight years, we’ve watched Malia and Sasha grow up from two little black girls, both a little awkward, with frizzy hair and toothy smiles into two beautiful, capable young women. It’s a unique experience that, thus far, only Sasha and Malia have ever known. The image of Malia Obama rising to her feet and joining a stadium full of people as they gave her mother a standing ovation at her father’s farewell address is one of the most poignant moments of the entire Obama presidency. The beauty of that moment was that not just the Obama daughters were experiencing that ― so were millions of other young black girls.

Source: Huffington Post January 11, 2017 22:15 UTC