Amnau Eele, the co-founder of the Black Artists Association (which represents black PAINTERS not black DESIGNERS) decided she wanted to pitch a bitch about Michelle Obama's wardrobe choices on Inauguration Day and had this to say:
"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?"
Who said that First Lady Obama (damn that's got a nice ring to it) was trying to be all "Kumbaya or We Are the World" with her fashion choices? Is it completely out of the realm of possibility that the woman picked those outfits because she fucking LIKED them regardless of who made them? Here we are in the midst of one of if not THE greatest moments of our history in this country and this broad is basically belittling it by jumping on some trite and ignorant bullshit.
Apparently, as a result of these stupid ass comments, she started receiving death threats. Now personally, I think that's a bit extreme. But that doesn't mean I wouldn't mind taking Miss Thang out to the woodshed for a Come To Jesus meeting about having your damn priorities in order.
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yeah,
ReplyDeletethat whole "not by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character" thing seems to have missed a lot of us. the Obamas are not Mr and Mrs Black Messiah, their Mr and Mrs First (Black) Family... why can't that be enough for some people?
sigh...