kermit da hustla
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his cover for an album named G I R L that features women of all races? black, white, asian, latin? that album cover? what point are you trying to make, breh?
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his cover for an album named G I R L that features women of all races? black, white, asian, latin? that album cover? what point are you trying to make, breh?
newworldafro
DeeperThanRapBiggerThanHH
This is the point here, where the signs of racism just get out of hand 
... ....I guess that's the nature of social media though 
........ If this was 2004 and she just posted it in on some lowkey photo share site, you would have heard nothing ...... but social media is "thinking aloud mixed with getting likes" ... so 
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... ....I guess that's the nature of social media though ........ If this was 2004 and she just posted it in on some lowkey photo share site, you would have heard nothing ...... but social media is "thinking aloud mixed with getting likes" ... so ...
DarlingNikki
lil baby
BocaRear
The World Is My Country, To Do Good Is My Religion
You're mixing up two issues
, the Africans in the picture are meant to show the authenticity of the dress. The purpose of the picture is to sell this item. How else would they show that the image as authentically African without having 2 Africans cosigning it? In the picture there is no use of levels to show superiority, they're all pretty much next to each other in what would look like an ordinary picture one would see on instagram had they been 2 white CACs & not 2 Africans.
You're telling me that if I was trying to sell sushi & I hired 2 japanese men dressed as samurai to add authenticity, it would be racist?
That's a good point
, black is black.This isn't racism though, Calling this belittles & ridicules REAL racism. You equating this with Zimmerman trials as the same level is just
,ya'll faking outrage & reaching.
& what has this got do with anything I said, I stated that instead of worrying about this stupid shyt WHICH IS NOT RACISM, why don't you focus on how to solve the real problems & effects of racism.
BocaRear
The World Is My Country, To Do Good Is My Religion
The thing is, she's the model. She's standing above them because she needs to be in prominence in the picture...because she's the model. You can make an argument that maybe two of the dudes are looking up at her but the majority of them are looking at each other. I get where you're going with the latent white messiah complex that does get pushed in mainstream media at times, but if that was an America's Next Top Model shoot the model would be on that rock regardless of her race. If there wasn't a rock she might stand in the middle but slightly in front because the whole point is to highlight the model. But like I said, we, rightfully so, are drawing from our dispositions which have been influenced from a history of racial injustice when we look at these pics. The thing is sometimes we look way too hard to try to be offended.
This pic is from the same Vogue shoot:It's clearly not going for the high end fashion style of the first pic. When we look at that first pic and the first thought is about who is establishing superiority it becomes a troubling statement. And the even funnier thing is that this isn't a model in either picture it's Keira Knightley from the Pirates of the Caribbean films. She went on an African safari and took some photos . So it wasn't some modeling agency deciding to go to Africa cause it's cool to use Africans in pictures. She was on vacation and Vogue decided to take some pics. But we shouldn't need to know any of that to stop us from rushing straight to assumptions of latent racial superiority being pushed. If cats wanted to have a serious discussion of the limited perspective and scope of Africa we tend to get from Vogue, publications of that ilk, and popular media in general, that would be a far more enlightening convo.
Vogue been doing this racist shyt breh,
You can give em the benefit of the doubt in this picture but their history speaks for itself.
The OG picture posted wasn't even subtle white supremacy, these photographers know what they're doing with their use of levels to act as metaphors.
They say a picture says a thousand words for a reason
I see it more as exploitation, but we'll just have to agree to disagreeVogue been doing this racist shyt breh,
You can give em the benefit of the doubt in this picture but their history speaks for itself.
The OG picture posted wasn't even subtle white supremacy, these photographers know what they're doing with their use of levels to act as metaphors.
They say a picture says a thousand words for a reason
The "Out of Africa" theme is used in modeling a lot. A lot of times it's done with the best intentions to highlight culture but it's done in a sereotypical "Look at me, I'm in Africa
" type of way instead of in a well thought out, extensively researched way of exposing people to a continent of many different people and cultures. Same shyt if these publications go to South America or Asia.
Taadow
The StarchBishop™️
DarlingNikki
lil baby
I would happily answer if I thought it was a relevant question, you got your other responses though.
Taadow
The StarchBishop™️
stealthbomber
cruising at 30,000
more fake outrage
people are so fukking sensitive
people are so fukking sensitive
This ad is clearly drawing a juxtaposition between the model and the other subjects that touches on the issues of race, possibly colonialism and sex, but she should be able to post that photo of her first modeling gig without backlash. Just because it's problematic doesn't mean she shouldn't own it and be proud of it as her first industry work.
I understand celebrities got an image and money to protect, so it's easier to delete it and move on. Very few people want to engage or really care what they think about when it comes to important shyt anyway.
Real talk, most actors and models have been part of productions with problematic themes or elements, the problem is we as a society are not sophisticated enough to discuss these things. We use these social markers as weapons and leverage and retreat back into our camps when shyt gets uncomfortable.
Roland Martin and the other black celebs who don't support the gay rights agenda are now getting the same wanton treatment. Over analyzing subtextual racism in artwork for the sake of shytting on the performer involved is definitely misguided/fake outrage, but that's the internet for you.
I understand celebrities got an image and money to protect, so it's easier to delete it and move on. Very few people want to engage or really care what they think about when it comes to important shyt anyway.
Real talk, most actors and models have been part of productions with problematic themes or elements, the problem is we as a society are not sophisticated enough to discuss these things. We use these social markers as weapons and leverage and retreat back into our camps when shyt gets uncomfortable.
Roland Martin and the other black celebs who don't support the gay rights agenda are now getting the same wanton treatment. Over analyzing subtextual racism in artwork for the sake of shytting on the performer involved is definitely misguided/fake outrage, but that's the internet for you.