How a Ralph Lauren Ad Sparked a Debate About Black Elitism

How a Ralph Lauren Ad Sparked a Debate About Black Elitism

To be Black in Martha’s Vineyard in August is momentous. The first week of the month, folks ferry in for Legacy Week — which honors Historically Black Colleges and Universities — and the African American Film Festival in the historically Black neighborhood of Oak Bluffs. Two blocks away from Inkwell Beach, Oak Bluffs’ waterfront, sits Nashawena Avenue, where Jane C. Edmonds — a civil rights leader and owner of two homes on the street — lives in …