Black designers dissed by Michelle Obama
Racial identity politics comes back to bite Michelle Obama.
NYMag reported last week:
The Black Artists Association is upset with our new First Lady for not wearing clothes by African-American designers. BAA Cofounder Amnau Eele, who was a runway model for Yves Saint Laurent, Giorgio Armani, and Bill Blass, told WWD, “It’s fine and good if you want to be all ‘Kumbaya’ and ‘We Are the World’ by representing all different countries. But if you are going to have Isabel Toledo do the inauguration dress, and Jason Wu do the evening gown, why not have Kevan Hall, B Michael, Stephen Burrows or any of the other black designers do something too?” Eele plans to make a formal appeal to Michelle’s office. WWD adds:
Asked if perhaps the First Lady isn’t looking at the world colorlessly, Eele said, “It’s one thing to look at the world without color but she had seven slots to wear designer clothes. Why wasn’t she wearing the clothes of a black designer? That was our moment.”
What would Michelle Obama’s thesis say?
And what would Jay-Z and Jeezy say?
Comments
Oh yeah, nothing says racial harmony like racial quotas. HEY! She had seven dresses at least ONE should be from each continent.
Who knows, maybe by the end of the first term, the NAACP will be calling the Obamas racist.
Sounds like somebody got their widdle heart broke. Better call a waaaahmbulance.
Now I remember what else I was going to say. . . it’s a good thing the Boston Celtics had a white guy on their team last year. Oh wait, they didn’t.
They got one now. . . some red headed goon that they let shoot 3 pointers for a couple of minutes a night. We can’t have an all white team, but all black teams are expected.
So, could NYMag get any shallower?
(Or am I the only one who doesn’t care about who MO wears?)
Why must it have been a black designer?
I knew it! Michelle (mamaBama) Obama is a Raaaaacist!
Just why Why wasn’t she wearing the clothes of a black designer? That was our moment.”???
She can only be proud of her country wearing Blue Eyed Devil Honkey clothes?
OREO!!!! Race Traitor!!! Down Right Mean Country!!!
Feel the LUV.
raaaaaaaacist!
Welcome to Post Racial America… until someone needs some leverage.
Identity politics in the wardrobe now? I can’t believe their forcing me to defend her.
So, it’s okay for you to wear white people clothes, but not someone else? Talk about hypocrisy!
I’m surprised the Kenyan’s aren’t in an uproar since she didn’t wear the native dress of her husband’s homeland… After all, he was born there and it would have reminded his illegal alien auntie of home.
And hopefully it won’t be long before people realize our new ‘ emperor has no clothes’.
Proving yet again that no trivial matter is small enough to avoid race mongering.
Michelle Obama has taste and does not wear “black” designers because their stuff sucks. Who wants to wear retro hip-hop dashikis? That’s one creative area of pop cilture where they can’t bullcrap and intimidate their way in. Even the Obamas won’t go for that.
Oh brother.
geeze they better not get a white puppy, there will be riots. get a life.
Won’t the ONE strike them dead with his withering eyes for DARING to question the ONE’s wife????
They should at least get lepracy.
And so it begins…
As Obama moves (slightly?) to the center in order to govern efficiently, all those on the extreme left will increase the pitch and volume of their collective whine.
They cannot comprehend that he represents all the people and not just their individual causes. There is an unrational belief that “I voted for him so he must address my needs”.
When you live on the extreme edges of the core beliefs, logic and common sense will not prevail.
“Sweet Michelle Obama” needs some fashion help–bigtime. The red and black “BLACK WIDOW” dress was appalling.
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The inauguration dress was a little better. But this lady has a really large “caboose” (aka BOOTIE)–some skilled designer work could help.
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The bitter attitude is something nobody can help. She looks a lot better when she smiles–and looks really scary when she frowns.
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John Bibb
He who lives by identity politics dies by identity politics.
Would a Dashiki outfit do?
I DON’T CARE!!!!
I wonder if Aretha’s hat passed the racist test?
Really, is the left going to start this silly nonsense over what Michelle O wears? Isn’t she supposed to be a strong, intelligent, powerful African-American? Don’t the leftists know it is demeaning to talk about her wardrobe? After all, she isn’t Sarah Palin!
Do these people think they elected a race to run the country or a President? Apparently, they believe blacks should now be held above all others. Delusional! Frankly, I was just happy she dressed appropriately for the occasion (you know boring old western whitey style clothing). I worried she would wear some loud african outfit with one of those head wraps to show her racial pride. Sorry, but I have no idea what that style of clothing is called.
I’m not sure that I knew there was a rule book for dress-up.
Is the rule book different for Laura Bush or Cindy McCain?
What book did Pat Nixon use? Has it been updated?
Can I check it out from my local library?
Ha Rocketman! lol, Her and Hilldebeast are having a contest for worlds largest Hinder. Fatprah was disqualified for being a whiner.
So it’s ok to look at the world without color as long as you make sure somobody black has a place reserved for them.
I get it…
Of all the things in my life I have to be concerned about what MO wears and who’s clothes she wears doesn’t even rank on my list–anywhere at all. I am one of the I DO NOT CARE….