What they're still talking about.....

LeBron James, and, oh yeah, that white girl :o) he's held captive.



So, are we making too much of this? Is it racist? Condescending? Is there a subtle message here meant to offend African Americans?

According to Vogue editors, it was about celebrating diversity and two people who were at the top of their game. I haven't read the magazine, but I don't see anything about diversity from the cover. Maybe they should have added the diverse topics on the cover. Would that have helped? Even a teeny bit? Besides, are you really trying to ATTRACT a black audience with a photo like this? Only the biggest liar in America could say that with a straight face.



It's just that LeBron does look really angry in an animalistic, brutal, crazy and dangerous ex-boyfriend kind of way. Many people want to forget about this. They think that we're making a big deal out of it. If we don't make a big deal, though, what next? Blackface on the cover of Vanity Fair, as a tribute to costumes over the years...what???

Yeah, I hate this photo.


As an African-American female working in a still white America, I can tell you, there is everyday racism in the workplace, in the mall, in schools, and it's not only in the South. I live and work in a highly diverse area, and sadly, this type of attitude is being directed to our nation's new immigrants. An overwhelming number of Americans aren't happy with those of Hispanic, Arabic, African, and Asian descent (but happy to underpay them and overwork them), and as a result, make cutting remarks and deny them rights and privileges extended to white Americans.

So, at first I wasn't sure if I was offended, but, I guess that I am offended. There are other ways that their star power could have been advertised. I am aware of the fact that editors and photographers are familiar with media and media history. I am not 'buying' that the King Kong image or that historical poster of a 'brute' didn't surface in anyone's head when they saw the proof for this magazine's cover. They just wanted to see how far they could get with this, push the envelope. *check out the dresses, the hair -style AND color, bat vs ball, hmmmm...just a coincidence? oh no!* There's still that idea that 'we' won't really get it. I get this at work. I get this outside of work. I hear people make references to offensive ideas and images all the time, and they think that we really don't get it.

They should know you just can't do that sort of thing in America anymore.