The rest of the world just does not share America's race neurosis. See the model concerned in a pristine state here (Not safe for work)
"The fashion bible Vogue Paris has joined Hey Hey It's Saturday in sparking controversy and outrage in Europe and the US over the use of a famous, pale skinned model who was painted black for a shoot.
Known for its attention-seeking spreads – the magazine has also used tobacco puffing models made up and dressed to look pregnant – the October edition shows Dutch supermodel Lara Stone posing in dark paint and light lips.
Styled by the magazine's veteran editor-in-chief, Carine Roitfeld, and shot by photographer Steven Klein, the photo spread has sparked a ferocious debate, with bloggers and readers evenly split about the effect and meaning of the images.
In the United States, condemnation was led by blog site Jezebel that accused the magazine of cultural insensitivity. "What Klein and Roitfeld should know … is that painting white people black for the entertainment of other white people is offensive in ways that stand entirely apart from cultural context," Jezebel said.
But readers and bloggers were not all convinced. On The Guardian website, seanthorpe wrote: “The American cultural imperialists of the Anglosphere are out in force again. The same [idiots] tried to get a Nigerian production stopped in the west end because the actors were whiting up. Not everybody who attempts to portray somebody whose skin is a different colour than their own is Al Jolson.”
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I think Al Jolson (Asa Yoelson) was brilliant myself -- and anyone disagreeing with that is an antisemite (Heh!).
Posted by John Ray (M.A.; Ph.D.).
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