Is Fashion a Good Political Weapon?

Don Cheadle made a bold political statement on SNL. He’s not the first celebrity — or the last — to use fashion to stand up for what they believe in.

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00:00What do you mean?

00:01What do you mean?

00:02You guys are amazing.

00:03Thank you for coming.

00:05What do you mean?

00:06What do you mean?

00:07You guys are amazing.

00:08Thank you for coming.

00:35Just because someone wears a hoodie does not make them a hula.

00:43This family is no longer recognized.

00:48Today we stand together wearing white in solidarity with the women of the suffrage movement who refused to take no for an answer.

00:57And it was for the people and for the left-wing media who are criticizing me and want to show them that I don't care.

01:06You could criticize whatever you want to say, but it will not stop me to do what I feel is right.

01:12I think that wearing black in solidarity is one step.

01:18There isn't a culture, a race, a religion, a politic, a workplace that hasn't been affected by it.

01:26I think that wearing black in solidarity is one step.