Black Americans Adopt "white" Fashion With an Ethnic Twist, Says French Fashion Magazine

A contributor to French Elle is thankful The Obamas have inspired Black America to adopt "white" dress codes. 

“It’s impossible not to see the effect of the Obama couple. In an America run for the first time by a black president, chic has become a plausible option for a community up to now attached to its streetwear styles.”--French Elle

The blog post, "Black Fashion Power",  was written in French so we can only hope the non-racist part was lost in translation. The full post has been removed from the website.

In response to the French Elle blog, Fashion Bomb Daily highlights just a few Black Americans that stumbled onto fashion chicness before The Obamas, such as The Supremes, Diana Ross, Clair Huxtable from The Cosby Show, Salt 'N Pepa, TLC and Aaliyah.

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TV Recap: "Key and Peele" Sketch Comedy By Self-Proclaimed 'black nerds'

"We sound whiter than the black dude in a college acapella group."--Key & Peele.

Second City/ MADtv Alumni Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele started a sketch comedy show on Comedy Central called "Key and Peele."  We had our doubts, but they provide some funny social commentary.                                                                     This comedy duo throws political correctness out the window. Conservatives and liberals alike will find much to laugh at with these comedians. If your college sociology professor had played, clips of this show, maybe people would have participated in class discussions.  Key & Peele  "Must See" skits show how all Black people can trace back to Thomas Jefferson on Ancestry.com or a Weekly Address from President Obama, where Obama talks and a 'ghetto' Black man serves as an "anger translator." 

Watch the clip above to see Black people pretending to 'ghetto speak' just to keep up a cultural charade. (Contains mild language). "Omg, I almost just got robbed."  

Key says, "we find ourselves particularly adept at lying, because on a daily basis we have to adjust our blackness," and Peele adds, "You never want to be the whitest sounding black guy in a room."

Click here to review an NPR interview with Key & Peele.

Happy Black History Month

Take a minute to remember that Black History is American History.

"You're going to relegate my history to a month?  I don't want a black history month. Black history is American history." 

                                        - Morgan Freeman