I wanted to talk, Marlin, a bit about umm you know just so proud of how uh you are being a role model for dealing with a child that's transgender um and that's, you know, that warms my heart particularly as a black man um you know would you care to share that journey of...
The "as a black man" clause is referring to Marlin. Michelle is addressing Marlin. Michelle is proud of Marlin for being a role model. Marlin is a role model for raising a transgender child. Marlin is a black man. It is unusual for a black man to be a role model in this area.
If you didn't understand this, one of the following is the case:
You didn't listen to the clip at all
You are ESL
You have very low verbal intelligence
You're interpreting the statement in bad faith in order to score points
But why does it warm Michelle's heart as a particular black man? That's not a kind of sentence you'd say by mistake unless you are ESL which really shouldn't be the case for Michelle.
The "as a black man" clause is referring to Marlin. Michelle is addressing Marlin. Michelle is proud of Marlin for being a role model. Marlin is a role model for raising a transgender child. Marlin is a black man. It is unusual for a black man to be a role model in this area.
If you didn't understand this, one of the following is the case:
But why does it warm Michelle's heart as a particular black man? That's not a kind of sentence you'd say by mistake unless you are ESL which really shouldn't be the case for Michelle.
#3
It's a joke.
That's #4