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General News Cosmopolitan's not-so-subtle racism

Discussion in 'Current Events, World News, & LGBT News' started by ZenMusic, Apr 3, 2015.

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  1. ZenMusic

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    When I worked at a certain regional store (retail), every February, the edges of the monthly brochure would acknowledge Black History Month. This was fine... until you turned to the next-to-last page and saw, hair-straightening and skin-lightening products, with smiling African-Americans.

    Nobody else, but me, seemed to catch this irony.
     
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    One must wonder how powerful this "black women, your features are not good enough" message is if even Beyonce is succumbing to it...
     
    #3 ZenMusic, Apr 3, 2015
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    Cosmo is always a bunch of garbage. It's sad they can't see the beauty in different skin colors and features.
     
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    I heard about this earlier this week. Honestly, nothing will every top the Naya Rivera incident in terms of blatant magazine racism.
     
    #5 Gen, Apr 3, 2015
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    I hope that they read and roast Cosmopolitan magazine until the cows come home, and I hope people who read this article see how insidious whitewashing is.
     
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    Isn't this the same magazine that puts PoC women in black and white on their covers, while white women are fully colored?
     
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    This is coming from the Daily Mail. While I can't visit their website on principle, I'd just like to point out the irony of their choice to run this article.
     
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