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Dahleen Glanton: Michelle Obama's story is amazing. But it's hers, not ours

The story of a young South Side girl who became Michelle Obama is amazing. But we must remember that it is her story, not everyone's.

Certainly, when reading her new memoir, "Becoming," most of us can find something that is familiar. For me, it was her story of taking piano lessons as a child on an old upright with uneven colored keys and a chipped middle C.

But the mere fact that Obama and I grew up with access to a piano sets us apart from many young people

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