As she has promised several times in the months since the inauguration, Michelle Obama is still here for us, America, and with a knack for showing back up just when we need her most. Hours before Donald Trump announced via Twitter that the military would be rolling back efforts toward inclusivity that even the G.O.P. Congress supported, Obama appeared at the Women’s Foundation of Colorado’s (W.F.C.O.), and managed to use her own experiences with racism as a way to prove that America is still a good place. Really.

Per the Denver Post, W.F.C.O. President and C.E.O. Lauren Casteel asked Obama which shards cut the deepest when she broke through the ceiling to become the first black First Lady. Obama had an answer straight away.

“The shards that cut me the deepest were the ones that intended to cut,” she said. “Knowing that after eight years of working really hard for this country, there are still people who won’t see me for what I am because of my skin color.”

Even as late into her husband’s term as November 2016, she was called racist terms such as an “ape in heels.” But, she said, the best response to this pushback is to keep pushing forward.

“Women, we endure those cuts in so many ways that we don’t even notice we’re cut,” she said. “We are living with small tiny cuts, and we are bleeding every single day. And we’re still getting up.”

Remember during the campaign when Obama vowed “when they go low, we go high?“ She’s still doing it, and remaining optimistic despite the massive task in front of her (and all of us).

“The people in this country are universally good and kind and honest and decent,” she said Tuesday, ending on a hopeful note. “Don’t be afraid of the country you live in. The folks here are good.”