On her trip to Africa the First Lady decided to wear a hat not popular since the days of Joseph Conrad, or to put it another way, the helmet popularly worn by 19th century European colonizers of Africa.
The pith helmet noted by the Guardian:
Were worn by European explorers and imperial administrators in Africa, parts of Asia and the Middle East in the 19th century before being adopted by military officers, rapidly becoming a symbol of status – and oppression.
Soldiers, guides and wildlife specialists replaced the pith helmet long ago with more practical and less controversial headgear, but they are still in ceremonial use in a handful of countries – and by tourists in Africa who have limited experience of local conditions and sensibilities.
To the criticism she was receiving, she asked people to "focus on what I do, not what I wear."
But it wasn't just her choice of the pith helmet that caught the attention of people.
While in Egypt, people saw what the First Lady chose to wear and that it looked similar to that of a character in Indiana Jones.
Albeit it not being a good comparison:
"Focus on what I do, not what I wear," says the First Lady. But what she is doing is what she wears. Wearing the pith helmet isn't the first time she lacked a sense of awareness.
When she traveled to Texas to see migrant children in detention centers, she wore a coat that read "I Really Don't Care, Do U?"
People on Twitter has pointed that out:
That is a good question. What does she do?
Other than plagiarize Michelle Obama?
Not forgotten by some on Twitter:
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