The Associated Press, a news service subscribed to by news outlets all over the world, distributed a story about the first Obama Administration State Dinner. In the story, sent in by Elisabeth R., Samantha Critchell describes Michelle Obama’s dress as “flesh-colored.”
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Raise your hand if you’re a WoC and you’re surprised by this. Don’t worry, I’ll wait.
Dude, no one is that color.
Also, wouldn’t flesh-colored be red? I feel like the word flesh implies cutting into…
…face, palm, I believe you have met
(but seriously what the hell that’s taupe or eggshell or something)
wOW
Uh yeah I’m a white girl, and if my “flesh” were that color I’d go to the ER ‘cause EWWWW.
