Move over, #Resistance merchandise. There’s a new or, rather, resurrected style in town.
In 1970, journalist Tom Wolfe coined the term “radical chic” to mock New York’s upper-class obsession with the Black Panthers. The group was militant, and its fans were posh. Elite liberals wanted to support the black power cause in a way that fit their own image, in a way that was fashionable. Thus began radical chic.
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