Black members of the US Congress staged a silent protest to President Trump's infamous racial comments by wearing African patterns to his first State of the Union speech.
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US lawmakers wear Ghana's Kente fabric to protest Trump's racial slur
The patterns, which originally hail from Ghana, are associated with black pride and civil rights movements.
The wearing of the Kente was according to Representative Alma Adams to “honor the countries POTUS proclaimed ‘s—holes.”
Democrats were already in black representing the '#MeToo' movement.
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However, the Black Caucus members took their seats in the House chamber with most if not all of them wearing brightly colored kente cloth and varied African patterns.
Democratic Rep. Al Green of Texas who spoke with the Daily Mail said, “I’m wearing this to show my solidarity with the continent of Africa, and especially with those countries that the president demeaned, defamed, by indicating they were s-hole or s-house countries. I’m wearing it to show that solidarity, and to let the president know that I disapprove of his statements and his behavior.”
Take a look at the black caucus stunning in Ghana's kente cloth.
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