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Taylor and Anna thanks for the links! The Beyonce one is really creepy--even the amount of touching up they do to so-called "perfect" women's photos is enough to set me off, but she's really a totally different shade! And I would have assumed that Sylvia Fitt was Caucasian, except that the picture is in Jet! I knew to some extent that darker-skinned models and those with what are considered "African" features (as opposed to "European," I assume) were discriminated against in the modeling industry, and this article definitely reinforced that, but the racial ambiguity of these "Brownskin" models is really something else. I also was very intrigued by the description of the "What Happened to the Brandford Models?" article, and how these models were presented as not only body or beauty ideals, but also as models of femininity and motherhood and all that "cult of domesticity" business. --Sarah Smethurst | Taylor and Anna thanks for the links! The Beyonce one is really creepy--even the amount of touching up they do to so-called "perfect" women's photos is enough to set me off, but she's really a totally different shade! And I would have assumed that Sylvia Fitt was Caucasian, except that the picture is in Jet! I knew to some extent that darker-skinned models and those with what are considered "African" features (as opposed to "European," I assume) were discriminated against in the modeling industry, and this article definitely reinforced that, but the racial ambiguity of these "Brownskin" models is really something else. I also was very intrigued by the description of the "What Happened to the Brandford Models?" article, and how these models were presented as not only body or beauty ideals, but also as models of femininity and motherhood and all that "cult of domesticity" business. --Sarah Smethurst | ||
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| + | Usually, I am against women feeling as though they must live up to ideals put forth by magazines. However, in this case, I somewhat agree with the idea of using "Brownskin" models to boost the reputation of the African American woman. The magazine ''Ebony''depicted the African American models as being the figureheads for African American. The images of these women created a new social path for African American women to aspire to. Many regular African American women dealt with their own problems, mostly caused by society's view of them. They dealt with discrimination, among many other prejudices and the fact that these models could raise awareness of the potential for African American to be great, was definitely a feat in itself. Although the idea of models was great, it also had its downfalls. The main downfall is that this idea created by the models sets unrealistic expectations for regular/everyday African American women. What if a Black woman couldn't live up to the standards set by ''Ebony'' Magazine? Then, she was back to square one; she was struggling for acceptance in a society where acceptance was non-existent, except in the magazine world. --- Alex M. | ||
== "We Marched for Our Rights," Rev. Naomi Craig == | == "We Marched for Our Rights," Rev. Naomi Craig == | ||
