Apr 22, 2021
4 min read
The Dress Codes of Respectability
Well-dressed Black activists were not trying to impress White people
A 2020 South Carolina march against police violence had a dress code. The organizers asked that demonstrators “come in dress attire, please”. Later, they boasted that the thousands-strong crowd had been “fully adorned in their Sunday best.” Not everyone was impressed. Many thought the dress…
