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Why a Hairstyle Made Headlines
Anyone who has the smarts and the tenacity to be the first black woman elected to Congress from Georgia clearly understands the visual politics of wearing milkmaid braids and gold tennis shoes into the corridors of power. Her choices drive home the point that she is exceptional. She rolls hair, clothes and race into a tight ball. And it becomes impossible to talk about one without getting tangled up in the others.
I'm gonna toss
Posted by: KBK 2006-04-08
http://www.rantburg.com/poparticle.php?ID=147783