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French Elle may be a fashion authority, but the glossy magazine is certainly no leader in race relations.
In what has been interpreted as an outdated and insulting move, a fashion blogger for the magazine's site posted a piece about Michelle Obama's sartorial prowess and the rise of a 'black-geoisie'.
New York Daily News goes so far as to brand the magazine as 'racist', while elsewhere online, the blog has caused uproar.
French Elle accused of racism after suggesting that the Obamas are first African-Americans to be fashionable
Seeded on Thu Jan 26, 2012 8:32 AM EST
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The same site notes that French Elle readers were the first to express indignation at the 'ethnographic research'.
'[This is] GROTESQUE, SHAMEFUL, and USELESS. White dress codes? Did I really read white dress codes..?' writes one reader, while another adds: 'You really think we waited until the Obamas to know style and let go of our "streetwear" proclivities?
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