http://www.diversityinc.com/diversity-and-inclusion/e-mails-of-the-day-vanity-fairs-lack-of-diversity/ DiversityInc: Diversity and the Bottom Line Thu, 11 Apr 2013 18:40:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://www.diversityinc.com/diversity-and-inclusion/e-mails-of-the-day-vanity-fairs-lack-of-diversity/comment-page-1/#comment-571 Nicole Jackson Thu, 04 Mar 2010 14:21:31 +0000 #comment-571 I presonally feel that a particular magazine has the right to choose whom it wants to represent on its cover. I am a balck female and I have never purchased or even been interested in anything like vanity fair. However, that being said, people of color have magazines that cater to US, example, Essence, JET, Ebony…and so on. It is it fair to pass judgment on this magazine or magazines like it simply because it chooses to put info in betweens its covers that directly affects the people who choose to read it? The cover looks the way it does because the people who actually READ it look like that (so to speak). Just a thought. Isn’t this a form of “reverse racism”?

]]> http://www.diversityinc.com/diversity-and-inclusion/e-mails-of-the-day-vanity-fairs-lack-of-diversity/comment-page-1/#comment-570 Anonymous Fri, 19 Feb 2010 12:13:59 +0000 #comment-570 It is no secret that mainstream fashion/health/beauty media makes it a point to minimize the beauty of People of Color. Boycotting can be a powerful tool and I support and recommend it 100%. These magazines are in full view at thousands of newsstands and stores across the country, and as I walk by with my pretty little black daughter, and she glances over at the many magazine covers that do not represent her or me in any positive way, I realise that it is I and the village that is raising her that must take the time to emphasize and teach the contributions of People of Color to this planet, not only in beauty, but intelligence, and spirit. Simply filling my home with non-white periodicals for my daughter to “see” is simply not enough. We must take the extra step of talking about what our children see in these magazines, discussing both the positives and the negatives and emphasizing that ALL cultures view beauty very differently. I am a firm supporter of the cliches beauty is only skin deep and in the eye of the beholder, so part of my instruction also has to do with the superficial approach to beauty that most magazines focus on and therefore have no place being in a home that celebrates people of substance.

]]> http://www.diversityinc.com/diversity-and-inclusion/e-mails-of-the-day-vanity-fairs-lack-of-diversity/comment-page-1/#comment-569 Anonymous Thu, 18 Feb 2010 15:24:02 +0000 #comment-569 Vanity: something that is vain, valueless or useless; inflated pride in oneself or one’s appearance. Why make such a fuss over a magazine that glorifies all that meets this definition. I haven’t seen this issue because I have ignored Vanity Fair for years. Based on the description, I would probably take it as a compliment not to be included. The actresses of color mentioned have all struck me as strong, independent women who deserve better than Vanitly Fair.

]]> http://www.diversityinc.com/diversity-and-inclusion/e-mails-of-the-day-vanity-fairs-lack-of-diversity/comment-page-1/#comment-568 Anonymous Thu, 18 Feb 2010 15:16:57 +0000 #comment-568 I’m a woman of color and I don’t need “VF” to define or represent me ( they couldn’t if they tried or was even interested for that matter.) This is part of the “Goold Ole’” girl network. This is a white American magazine for the blonde blood eyed. So I would have to piggy back off Tony Morrison and say just don’t patronize. If a magazine doesn’t recognize people of color it’s there lost and we shouldn’t want to be associated with such anyway.

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