Sasha, Malia Obama joined summer BLM demonstrations, Barack says

Sasha, Malia Obama joined summer BLM demonstrations, Barack says

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Former President Barack Obama says Malia and Sasha will be ѡctive citizens,Ҡfor their generation Sasha and Malia Obama joined the Black Lives Matter protests over the summer and their father couldnҴ be prouder. Former President Barack Obama is promoting his new memoir, Ӂ Promised Land,Ԡand is the featured cover story on this weekҳissue of People. He shared how Malia, 22, and Sasha, 19, felt Ӵhe need to participateԠin marches against police brutality following the high-profile deaths of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor. U.S. President Barack Obama delivers remarks with his daughters Sasha (L) and Malia during the annual turkey pardoning ceremony in the Rose Garden at the White House November 25, 2015 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) Obama, 59, explained that he did not have to give his daughters too much advice because they already knew what to do. Ӕhey had a very clear sense of what was right and what was wrong and [of] their own agency and the power of their voice and the need to participate,ԠObama said. Ӎalia and Sasha found their own ways to get involved with the demonstrations and activism that you saw with young people this summer, without any prompting from Michelle and myself, on their own initiative.Լ/p> Ӕhey didnҴ do it in a way where they were looking for limelight,Ԡhe added. Ӕhey were very much in organizer mode.Լ/p> The 44th President of the United States explained that he was just another dad witnessing Sasha and Malia taking action on what they believed to be right. Ӊ could not have been prouder of them,Ԡhe said. In this 2015 photo, President Barack Obama buys ice cream for his daughters Malia (left) and Sasha at Pleasant Pops during Small Business Saturday in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Aude Guerrucci-Pool/Getty Images) As theGrioreported, Ӂ Promised LandԠhas become an immediate bestseller since its release last week. The tome, which he dedicated to his family sold almost 900,000 copies in one day. He and former First Lady Michelle Obama have remained visible since leaving the White House in January 2017 as they have written books, signed a production deal with Netflix, hosted podcasts, and encouraged voting in the recent election. While Obama does not forsee his daughters entering the political fray he does believe they will be ӡctive citizens,Ԡand difference makers for their generation. Ӊ think theyҲe going to want to have an impact and their friends feel the same way. Itҳ interesting when you talk to them in groups, the degree to which, compared to young people when I was coming out of college or you know even 20 years ago, I think people were much more focused on their finances and the perks of a job,Ԡhe said. Ӂnd these kids are really focused on נhow can I do something that I find meaningful, that resonates with my values and my ideals? And that I think is an encouraging sign for the country.Լ/p> Have you subscribed to༯strong>theGrioҳ podcastӄear CultureԿ Download our newest episodes now! TheGrio is now on Apple TV, Amazon Fire, and Roku.įwnload theGrio today! The postSasha, Malia Obama joined summer BLM demonstrations, Barack says appeared first onTheGrio. The postSasha, Malia Obama joined summer BLM demonstrations, Barack says appeared first onThe Stone Builders Rejected.