Wednesday, March 26, 2008

Annonce! Annonce! It's official!

The planet has officially reached its maximum capacity of people who deserve to breathe.

"(LeBron) James looks like King Kong clutching Fay Wray on the latest cover of Vogue, and the image ... 'conjures up this idea of a dangerous black man.'"
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I'd heard about this cover and the racist overtones involved, but are you fucking serious? When I heard the hype but the cover hadn't been shown yet, I pictured Gisele wearing a straw hat and dirty overalls, whipping James, adorned in rags with his hands bound above his head. The article: "Kunta who? 20 Reasons Why People Need to Just Relax about Race." Maybe if Spy Magazine was still in print...

1 comment:

Ron said...

The best part about this is in the poll, with over 134K votes, 77% of the people think it isn't racist.