Yes, I know, I know, unlike Amanda Knox and Raffaele Sollecito, Rudy Hermann Guede (the African brother at the center of Meredith murder), is in handcuffs:
But what first caught my eye is Sean John.
Is this an endorsement? Is this how Rudy is paying for his lawyers? What other Sean John gear can we expect to see in the near future?
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Of course, if Rudy was lady, your post would go something like this:
The face is National Geographic, but the sweatshirt is straight out of Vogue…
Am I just too dense to see it, or is there absolutely no connection between these two photos?
Never mind. I have no philosophical fashion sense.
Charles’ statement of handcuffs notwithstanding, is this is the outcome for black power…P.Diddy’s black power salute billboard, as a clothing advert, being the end result? Is this an honest expression of black American economic freedom or black exploitation when a rich and powerful black man can only see green?