The term "narcissist" is largely understood in pop-psy terms rather than proper psychological context. I'm not a psychologist, though, so I won't get too deep into the weeds on it, mostly because I'm sure I'll screw something up, but the simplest explanation I ever got was that a narcissist is someone who is never responsible for their own failings. Bad things happen to them, but never because of them.
Enter former First Lady Michelle Obama.
Recently, she went on something of a tirade, blaming white people for everything, including beauty standards, and that black women don't learn to swim because of white people.
The beauty standards thing revolves around things like hair straightening, because...why?
Honestly, I've never seen a white person care one way or another if someone's hair is straight, curly, or whatever, except in matters of personal attraction. Some people prefer one kind and/or color of hair over another, but that's about it.
How is this all the fault of white people?
Because for Michelle Obama, there's absolutely nothing that has happened to any black person in this country ever that was because of their own decisions. Black women who straighten their hair do so because of white people, not because they want it straight. They don't learn to swim--and yes, Michelle, plenty do learn just fine--because of white people, not their own lack of desire to learn.
Many of our greatest biographies are of people who were told they couldn't do something, then did it anyway, but in Michelle Obama's world, people lack the agency to decide for themselves. They're simply beholden to some imaginary standard white people impose on black folks, and that they're powerless to resist.
She claims that our nation is inherently racist, that every bad thing that has happened to the black community is because of the inherent racism of white America, all while ignoring that her husband served two terms as president, winning both the electoral college and popular vote both times, then left office and was handed massive payouts for creating films and writing books, despite no experience doing either--at least books are generally ghost written. Films, less so--and has been treated like royalty ever since.
And I guess that's when she finally decided to be proud to be an American.
But if every bad thing that has ever happened was beyond her control, every good thing that ever happened was just her due. She's not grateful for the fact that she and her husband have managed to get rich during what is supposed to be public service, or that they continue to enjoy financial benefits simply because of who they are. She's not grateful because, to someone like her, it's just what is due to them.
In short, nothing is ever her fault, and every good thing is just what she deserves.
That's pretty classic narcissistic, as I understand it, but it's not like her media buddies will stage an intervention and encourage her to get treatment for it. They share it, after all, and they expect all of us to just go along with it.
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