Vogue has released their magazine cover with Lebron James and Gisele Bundchen this month. The cover shows King James screaming while dribbling a basketball and holding the lovely Gisele Bundchen as her hair blows in the wind? Does this image remind you of anything, perhaps King Kong?
I was listening to people call into a radio station all morning discussing their opinion about if this is a racist act by Vogue or just another thing people are trying to blow out of proportion?
I have not seen the cover until now, but they way people were talking on the radio I was expecting to see Lebron James dangling Gisele from his long arms while she looks as if she is hanging on for dear life. The second I saw the image my first thought was this looks nothing like the King Kong poster and still continue to keep my opinion of it after looking at it several times.
He is the first every African American man to grace the cover of Vogue and only the third man every on the cover. Why are so many African Americans looking past this young mans accomplishment and bashing Vogue for their photograph?
Majority of people that called in that had problems with this photograph seemed to be female African Americans. Why is the majority of people that have problems with this cover African American females?
Was it wrong to put Michael Jordan jumping in the air with his mouth open, tongue out, and one arm raised? Whats the big deal? Why are Americans still blowing up about the issue of stereotypes in this decade, no matter what gender, color, or even what occupation you have there will always be some form of stereotype.
Do you think this magazine cover is racist?
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guest8029611 Absolutely not! There is always someone out there looking to cause problems. I'm sure this photo had to be approved by James and his manager. I think the "girls" doing the complaining are just jealous!
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Absolutely not! There is always someone out there looking to cause problems. I'm sure this photo had to be approved by James and his manager. I think the "girls" doing the complaining are just jealous!