Wednesday, September 5, 2012

First Lady Michelle Obama Wows in Tracy Reese, J. Crew

FLOTUS wearing Tracy Reese
First Lady Michelle Obama wowed the Democratic National Convention, wearing a Tracy Reese sleeveless dress (go hometown Detroit designer!) and bright pink pumps from J. Crew, during her speech. With her hair in a sleek bob, Flotus' outfit was elegant, sophisticated, and her wardrobe was only upstaged by her amazing "American Dream" speech, galvanizing and electrifying the DNC in Charlotte. 

Poignant, personable and totally on point. So good, in fact, that news pundits today pondered if FLOTUS is contemplating a run for office.

                                             Source: YouTube


This is the image of Black women that America needs to see -- not another tired reality show featuring Black women fighting and cussing each other out, stealing each other's men and acting like asses, or stereotypical and racist images and interpretations of FLOTUS on a magazine cover bearing her breasts. Will it change racists' opinions? No, because they're going to think what they're going to think, regardless.

No matter, it will change our opinions of ourselves, hopefully beyond the cast of "characters" on Black reality TV. Which, by no means represent Black women as a whole, but do a damn good job of overwhelmingly  showing the strippers, gold diggers, get it at any cost, "Angry Black women" and other stereotypes prominent today.
 

What did you think of FLOTUS' outfit?






 

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