In a message dated 5/14/2008 11:05:14 AM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
1. "The Hip Hop and R&B Popoulation is a multi-billion dollar, multicultural market with a median age of around 30. The Hip Hop and R&B population includes people who are in the market for yachts as well as people who are comparing health insurance providers for their families. How man jewish, homosexual, asian, hispanic, native american, arab, white, surburban hip hop rapers and R&B singers do you know that are the top of the charts? 2. This is not a magazine for the beautiful upscale put together woman. It is a series of historical documents that will be part of many other documents that people in the future wil look back upon and judge us with. How do I know this? When I look at pictures of Vogue, I don't see women in apple bottom jeans or blue jean mini skirts. Vogue Magazine, and any magazine with a high ciurculation, has two responsibilities: one to its advertisers, and two to be accurate. In the case of Fashion magazines, in the 21st Century, there is no excuse. People still buy the magazine. Unless whites start complaining it is not gong to happen. Non whites will still buy the product even if there isn't any non white person presented. If General Motors and Proctor & Gamble can have ethnic peopole in THEIR ads, and they are selling stuff people actually USE, then surely these fashion brands can knock it off. You are seeling a look / image. You are not selling a look with GE. You are selling a product. They don't care what you look like, as long as you buy it. You see ads with a light skin black woman and a dark skin black man. Blakcs will STILL buy it. The editorial staffs of these magazine must first make their magazine more reflective of the fantasy they are trying to sell. White women wish they had Halle Berry's body just as much as they wish they had Heidi Klum's. Thandie Newton looks great in Gucci. Alek Wek and Oluchi Onweagba have bodies that illustrate a designer's new dress just as well as Nadine Wolfbeisser or Victoria Wallace -- if not better! It's easy to dismiss this as "it's just fashion" -- believe me I understand -- but in many cases, it's not. It's culture. It's history. I don't think that white women wish to have a black woman's body. That is a myth. There are different body types that can sell. You don't have to use a black face to sell the body type. You can use a white woman that has fuller breasts or hips. You don't need a black face. It is funny, Kim Kardashian has a fuller body. The perception is that she gets alot of attention from black men and women. I can hire her for work without having to hire an actually black woman. **************Wondering what's for Dinner Tonight? Get new twists on family favorites at AOL Food. (http://food.aol.com/dinner-tonight?NCID=aolfod00030000000001) [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
