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Updated: Jun 13, 2020

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Solidarity Is in Style—but Is Fashion Media Really Ready to Reckon With Its Race Problem?

Though we’ve long known it to be true, in some ways “Black Lives Matter” has suddenly become the little black dress of the fashion industry: the oft-forgotten yet indispensable and unfailingly stylish way to show solidarity in a moment of global outrage. One need look no further than the spate of daily newsletters sent by an assortment of fashion publications, now suddenly laden with black-owned brands and talents previously only featured during Black History Month and recirculated articles of black celebs and influencers, for lack of any more substantive way to say they care about black lives.

As one who has done that same work daily for years, the sudden solidarity and recognition of the rest of the industry is bittersweet. Big ups to the brands getting a well-deserved boost in amid an economic downturn and senseless tragedy, but to the critical eye, these publications might as well have just said, “See? We have black friends!”


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