"What do you see when you look at this cover?" asked Melissa Harris-Perry , Elle.com's recently appointed editor-at-large, in her latest article for the website. She's referring to the magazine's August issue, which features singer FKA twigs on the cover. Her question might confuse — maybe even baffle — some readers. But, once the line is identified, the issue is glaring for others. There it is, in the upper righthand corner: "Becky Who? It's Going To Be You With The Good Hair."The cover blurb is, of course, referring to the line from Beyoncé's "Sorry" video , which was the topic of conversation for weeks after its release. While many were busy wondering who Becky is and what her "good hair" looks like, many members of the Black community understood the true meaning of the term. And, as Harris-Perry explained in her piece, the language used in Elle's callout is problematic at best."The question of whether Elle has committed a racial faux pas or even an egregious act of racism by inserting the 'Becky with the good hair' reference right next to the lovely visage of FKA twigs on our August cover is not merely a matter of opinion, taste, or aesthetic; it is a matter of race, power, privilege, and ongoing issues of diversity and representation in the industry," she wrote.The "good hair" reference, as we have explained before, is a loaded and damaging colloquial term often used to refer to someone whose hair doesn't naturally kink or curl — a type that's historically been considered one to aspire to. "Becky," Harris-Perry went on to note, loosely refers to that infamous line in Sir Mix-a-Lot's "Baby Got Back." You know the one: "Oh, my god, Becky, look at her butt / It is so big. / She looks like one of those rap guys' girlfriends." The lyric may seem innocent enough, and Lord knows we've probably blurted it out at parties on more than one occasion, but Harris-Perry explained that there's something more insidious to it. "Becky personifies the cruel rejection of Black women's bodies through a small-minded policing of white beauty standards."