Yes, Michelle Obama may be a former first lady and a significant political figure, but her first priority will always be her daughters, Sasha and Malia Obama. In 2018, Michelle explained to CNBC, “I said I’m ‘mom-in-chief,’ and a lot of women ridiculed me for that, but the first, most important job I have is who my girls are going to be.” Even when the Obamas entered the White House in 2008, Michelle wanted to ensure her daughters were raised in a welcoming environment. That’s why she decided to enforce a rule ditching a dress code among staff in the White House.
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According to Page Six, Michelle revealed in her Netflix documentary, “Becoming,” that she changed the White House butlers’ traditional uniform of wearing tuxedos. Michelle shared, “When I went to visit [the White House] and have tea with Laura Bush, there were butlers there — fully dressed in tuxedos which they wore all the time,” she continued, “Most of them were African-American or Latino, most of the time older men.” This didn’t sit right with Michelle, especially because she and her family are African-American. She explained, “I didn’t want them [Sasha and Malia] growing up thinking that grown African-American men served them in tuxedos. The truth was that some of those men were my uncles … and I didn’t want my daughters to grow up with that image. So we had to change the dress code.”
