Comments on: Blackface in Fashion: Edgy or Offensive? http://buquad.com/2010/03/17/blackface-in-fashion-edgy-or-offensive/ BU's independent online magazine Sat, 11 Feb 2012 00:49:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Cate Young http://buquad.com/2010/03/17/blackface-in-fashion-edgy-or-offensive/comment-page-1/#comment-896 Cate Young Thu, 25 Mar 2010 20:16:01 +0000 http://buquad.com/?p=6779#comment-896 Theresa I'm afraid I'll have to disagree. I love fashion, and I support the fashion industry, but what people are failing to realize is that blackface is offensive in the same way that a swastika is offensive and ALWAYS WILL BE OFFENSIVE. it represents a dark time in human history, and no matter what you do, or how good your intentions are, the practice is disrespectful to those who have suffered because of it. Theresa I’m afraid I’ll have to disagree. I love fashion, and I support the fashion industry, but what people are failing to realize is that blackface is offensive in the same way that a swastika is offensive and ALWAYS WILL BE OFFENSIVE. it represents a dark time in human history, and no matter what you do, or how good your intentions are, the practice is disrespectful to those who have suffered because of it.

]]> By: Theresa Johnson http://buquad.com/2010/03/17/blackface-in-fashion-edgy-or-offensive/comment-page-1/#comment-885 Theresa Johnson Wed, 24 Mar 2010 12:25:19 +0000 http://buquad.com/?p=6779#comment-885 I am also a black woman, but I think you're taking this far too seriously. I think blackface is not something to be offended about, simply because some people used it to mock blacks before any of us were born. It has great value as an art form and breaks down the concept of race. I respect Vogue for having the guts to use this art form despite the carping of overanxious blacks. I am also a black woman, but I think you’re taking this far too seriously. I think blackface is not something to be offended about, simply because some people used it to mock blacks before any of us were born. It has great value as an art form and breaks down the concept of race. I respect Vogue for having the guts to use this art form despite the carping of overanxious blacks.

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]]> By: Cate Young http://buquad.com/2010/03/17/blackface-in-fashion-edgy-or-offensive/comment-page-1/#comment-841 Cate Young Wed, 17 Mar 2010 17:11:36 +0000 http://buquad.com/?p=6779#comment-841 Devon, you're completely right. I didn't even touch on the way that African Americans WERE being portrayed. There was a spread with Naomi campbell in harper's bazar last year that had her running next to a cheetah and playing double dutch with monkeys while a white guy looked on: http://sandrarose.com/2009/08/13/is-harper-bazaars-naomi-campbell-fashion-spread-racist/ the fashion industry has trained us to think of all non-whites as exotic, and only represent them in that context. Devon, you’re completely right. I didn’t even touch on the way that African Americans WERE being portrayed. There was a spread with Naomi campbell in harper’s bazar last year that had her running next to a cheetah and playing double dutch with monkeys while a white guy looked on:

http://sandrarose.com/2009/08/13/is-harper-bazaars-naomi-campbell-fashion-spread-racist/

the fashion industry has trained us to think of all non-whites as exotic, and only represent them in that context.

]]> By: devon http://buquad.com/2010/03/17/blackface-in-fashion-edgy-or-offensive/comment-page-1/#comment-840 devon Wed, 17 Mar 2010 12:36:26 +0000 http://buquad.com/?p=6779#comment-840 Extremely well-written and compelling. I took a class on the sociology of sex and gender last semester with Ashley Mears, who did her dissertation on the fashion industry, and we discussed how not only are African-Americans underrepresented in the fashion industry, but when they are represented, they are most often portrayed either as savage and animalistic, in camouflage and animal prints with wild-looking hair, or as exotically as possible. It truly is an issue and this blackface thing really disturbs me even further. Can we see more editorials of this calibre, Quad? Extremely well-written and compelling. I took a class on the sociology of sex and gender last semester with Ashley Mears, who did her dissertation on the fashion industry, and we discussed how not only are African-Americans underrepresented in the fashion industry, but when they are represented, they are most often portrayed either as savage and animalistic, in camouflage and animal prints with wild-looking hair, or as exotically as possible. It truly is an issue and this blackface thing really disturbs me even further.

Can we see more editorials of this calibre, Quad?

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