"NEW YORK (AP) - When Vogue announced its April cover starring LeBron James and Gisele Bundchen, the magazine noted with some fanfare that James was the first black man to grace its cover.But the image is stirring up controversy, with some commentators decrying the photo as perpetuating racial stereotypes. James strikes what some see as a gorilla-like pose, baring his teeth, with one hand dribbling a ball and the other around Bundchen's tiny waist.
It's an image some have likened to "King Kong" and Fay Wray.
"It conjures up this idea of a dangerous black man," said Tamara Walker, 29, of Philadelphia...."...FOXSports.com
...Maaannn...some people jus' need to get a life...Hell, Lawerence Fishbourne duz that too...so do countless rappers...and if I remember correctly, Clint Eastwood, Charles Bronson, Lee Van Cleef et al., conjured up images of dangerous white men..and even tho' he might notta been able to jump wortha shit..Woody Harrelson did his part in "Natural Born Killers".
...As far as the King Kong/Fay Wray lame-ass bullshit..at least Giselle looks like she's enjoyin' it as opposed to Ms. Wray bein' scared shitless..
Da Stevo thinks that racism is pretty much here to stay...There's always gonna be some dipshit somewhere that makes it an issue, if you will, even when it's not there...As long as controversy is good for bizness...some fucker will playda card..
Note: The fact that Vogue makes it a point to let us all know that LeBron is the "first black man" to grace its' cover pretty much backs me up on that...Not to mention that this is 2008 and if it tookya this long to do it...how fuckin' relevant a magazine can you be?
If there wasn't any racism...some asshole would create it..and create it...and create it...
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I laughed at this. I'm pretty sure that Vogue magazine is loving this, getting all this free publicity. Ya think this may have been part of the reason they did this picture? Nah!
you are a scholar, this is true
Yeah, true. People would create racism whether it's there or not. Sometimes trying really hard not to be racist ends up being racist. It's best to just not give a shit.
los...you got it.
ElP & Phronk...yeah, and truthfully, I really DON'T give a shit...matterafact, the idiocy of it all bores me to the point where it's almost laffable..If there was a way to win, it might be different...
There ain't.
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