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>> I MENTIONED THE FIRST LADY
WAS OVERSEAS.
THE WHITE HOUSE WAS VERY CLEAR,
BEFORE MICHELLE OBAMA'S TRIP,
THAT THIS WAS NOT A POLITICAL
TRIP.
THEY WERE SHOWING THE IMAGE OF
GENERATIONS OF FAMILY.
NOW SEVERAL TIMES, TWO OR THREE,
SHE HAS RAISED SOME ISSUES.
LISTEN TO THIS.
THIS IS MICHELLE OBAMA SPEAKING
YESTERDAY.
THERE ARE LAWS IN AMERICA THAT
ALLOW DISCRIMINATION AGAINST
BLACK PEOPLE LIKE ME.
OVER TIME, ORDINARY CITIZENS
DECIDED THAT THOSE LAWS WERE
UNFAIR.
SUBTLE, BUT IMPORTANT IN A
COUNTRY LIKE CHINA THAT
PERSECUTES MINORITIES.
>> THEY'VE KIND OF DOWN PLAYED,
FRANKLY, THE HISTORIC NATURE OF
THEIR PRESENCE IN THE WHO IS.
IT WAS SO INSPIRING TO THE WORLD
IN 2008 AND 2009.
HAS THE BEEN THE MAIN FOCUS.
TO HEAR HER SPEAK IN THOSE TERMS
AGAIN REMINDS YOU OF THE
POTENTIAL POWER THEY DO HAVE,
PARTICULARLY IN A COUNTRY LIKE
CHINA.
>> YOU COME OVER WITH A SOFT
MESSAGE.
SHE GENTLY RAISED IT.
HOWEVER, I WOULD SAY THE CHINESE
TELEVISION HAS NOT SHOWN THOSE
REMARKS.
IN THEIR LONG SPEECH AT THE
UNIVERSITY, THEY DID PULL THE
FULL TRANSCRIPT.
>> IT'S REALLY INTERESTING.
IT'S ALSO INTERESTING THE WAY
THE WHITE HOUSE SAID THE TRIP
DID NOT TAKE A TRAVELING PRESS
POOL FROM THE UNITED STATES.
WHAT IT REALLY IS, SORT OF DOWN
PLAY THE IDEA THAT IT'S A