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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Lanre Bakare Arts and culture correspondent

Michelle Obama: white men do not have to worry about impostor syndrome

Michelle Obama and Craig Robinson sit in white chairs on a stage with microphones, speaking to an audience
Obama said her parents made her and her brother take ‘responsibility for their lives’ from the age of five, including using an alarm clock to wake themselves up for school. Photograph: SXSW

White men do not have to worry about impostor syndrome, according to Michelle Obama, who said she had sat “at every powerful table there is” and not found one who admitted feeling such self-doubt.

The former US first lady told SXSW London that she wanted to “demystify” what it was like to sit in elite meetings, which she said were often populated by people from diverse backgrounds who felt like outsiders.

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