Melania Trump is getting a lot of attention over a hat she wore during her visit to Africa this week – and not in a good way.
The first lady is being criticized for wearing a white pith helmet, the style of which has historical links to colonial rule in Africa.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZsHBM0JerMc
Trump wore the helmet during a safari at the Nairobi National Park in Nairobi, Kenya, on Friday.
People on social media were quick to draw comparisons between Trump’s look and colonizer garb.
“That colonial hat! Let them eat cake Melania,” one Twitter user shared.
“Personally, I think the US First Lady’s decision to wear a pith helmet is appropriate,” another person said, before grilling the first lady’s style choice. “The regime she’s representing in Kenya is a white supremacist one whose policies & ideological grounding are a continuation of earlier forms of imperialism, represented by the pith helmet.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJOoXMNCKC0&list=PLLp0vBDdCpNck_IQSdNer7qYbOkY3fBxB