Wednesday is women/style day on invisible blog.
by Jason Proe
I was trying to find a subject to blog about for style today and I ran across an article on Men’s Flair about choosing a color palette. Usually, these type of articles don’t address black men at all. I was pleasantly surprised to see that the writer, Winston Chesterfield, decided to address us under the category “exotic.” Winston’s advice started out OK:
“[i]t is wise to choose colours like white, bright blue, greys and red over browns, blacks and navy as the contrast is magnificent and much more appealing than wearing colours of the same palette as your skin tone.”
So far so good, but then Winston said this:
The fact that you are most likely to possess dark eyes means you can experiment wildly in terms of colour; watermelon, imperial purple and the like are all at your disposal.
I don’t have a particular opinion on this. Seems harmless. Winston’s from London so he probably doesn’t know any better. I don’t think I will be buying anything the color of “watermelon” though. Comments?
Links to news that matters to you.
- Hillary Clinton wins a landslide victory by almost thirty percentage points in the West Virginia primary, keeping her campaign alive. The New York Times reports the victory was marred by racial undercurrents.
- The New York Times goes on to examine various reactions, noting that Obama might lose 15 to 20 percent of the vote in crucial swing states just because of his color.
- One of the stories quoted in that piece is from the Washington Post, detailing racist incidents directed at the Obama campaign by some voters, incidents that the mainstream press had previously not focused on.
- The Black superdelegates who’ve committed to supporting Clinton are standing firm, says Black America Web, in spite of repeated efforts to get them to switch their votes to Barack Obama.
- The Seattle Times reports, however, that Obama has made up the deficit in superdelegates that was troubling his campaign. Most superdelegates, though, are yet to make up their mind. Continue reading
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