American Vogue is a flipping joke. That cover they chose was the worst they could possibly choose, not to mention they did the same thing to Jennifer Hudson.

I agree with the posted comments about the “King Kong” aspect, a lot of people don’t know the story behind that movie anyway.

Since black celebs read this blog, remember this. If you ever get a call from Vogue never pose with your mouth open. They will get your ass.

I understood they were trying to do a contrast and show his shape and all but still I feel that cover is racist he really does look King Kong kidnapping a white woman I don’t think whoever chose the cover did it on purpose but still they could of had him in a suit on the cover and left that picture as one of the pictures in the article

vogue was really wrong for that cover….MJ has a good point

Ok I saw this on espn show PTI and I just don’t like the cover. They could have went with the other one. His mouth open like that and she’s all graceful, whatever. I just don’t like how they do African-Americans who happen to grace their covers is all. But I can’t hate on a young brotha making the cover….Vogue just could have went in a different direction is all

Damn theres more?!?!

All i can say is a picture can be interpreted in many different ways……. i’ll leave it at that.

Even Gisele looks better in that other pic…I just don’t even know why they hooked the two of them up together in the first place it just seems awkward, why not just put only Lebron on the cover? Oh well I’m not a subscriber and I don’t buy their mags, so it’s not a big deal to me.

well as I see every one has there own opinion on certain things.n there is no right or wrong about this pic.to be really wit the first thing that came to my mind was “why is he wit that white girl out all the black other athletes”.but people don’t think now days on wat people going to really think.n yea the first pic is not on point but the second kinda is.but this may start gossip like terrel Owens and the other white girl in that one chermercial they shot for football.but the point is nothing really matters no more on what people think its more like let’s go forward on what we want to do.

Vogue has a tendency to make African Americans look less attractive on many of their covers. I have a problem that because Lebron James is the 1st African American male and Athlete to make the cover in their…….116 YEARS history and they chose that tacky cover! That is nothing to jump for joy about my brothers and sisters.

Thank you CL, thank you Thank you!!!!

I think you very well answerd your own question, by sheding more light, and bringing a new perspective to the situation *Aaaaa-ha!!!!

Seeing this leaves No doubt in my mind of the Editor’s intentional desire to place that particular photo as the cover, moreover make it the ‘cover story’. What the desired effect was………Not only that, but you guys unintentionally illustrated(by putting some on blast, sorry Realistic), some’s desire to rationalize, and justify the undefensible, and sometimes the extremes some go to, to do so.

..This is very disturbing to me, because, I more likely than not see this trend among Blacks-it’s this notion of: ‘Black people always complaining, and crying foul, for no damn reason….’we too damn sensitive over every lilttle thing’! Not that I’m accussing anybody in particular, but in my opinion, these are most likely the same people to be ‘Bamboozooled(sp), ‘Hoodwinked’, or ‘Okey doked’…call me a conspiracy theorist, a rabblerousser(sp), or whatever, but the truth is in the pudding! That photo INSIDE the mag, would have been absolutely beautiful, and yet still have maintained its ‘artistic integrity’.
It’s like somemany have said:’If you stand for nothing, you’ll fall for anything’!

Since black celebs read this blog, remember this. If you ever get a call from Vogue never pose with your mouth open. They will get your ass.

Say it again chile lol.

something just doesn’t sit right with this cover. everything looks awkward. the majority of times they have placed a black person on a cover of Vogue, the pictures turn out terrible. remember Jennifer Hudson’s cover?

You really have to take a critical analytical approach to looking at art. For some reason this reminds me of the elections>>> Obama and Clinton. just a thought.

They could have easily had Naomi Campbell or another supermodel beside him so it doesn’t look so racist…or maybe a different pose. just a thought

think those quotes you chose are dead on.

Gisele doesn’t even look all that comfortable in the pics.

Lebron tries way too hard outside of basketball. He should take a q from the 90’s superstar b-ballers. They never appeared in photos, commercials, or tv shows that made them or the product look foolish.

I think he need to hire a real p.r./entertainment agent for such matters.

I like the second picture no doubt, it’s more subtle and gracious.

It’s crazy that Lebron is the 1st African American male and Athlete to make the cover in their…….116 YEARS history and they chose that tacky cover!

THAT J. HUD ONE LOOK DUMB! THAT AINT THE PHOTOGRAPHERS FAULT, JENNIFER JUST DON’T KNOW HOW TO MODEL LMFAO! AND W/ THIS LEBRON ONE… WTF, ITS JUST A PICTURE. IF HE WAS ON THIS COVER ALONE, U WOULD THINK “OH, ITS SHOWING HIS ‘ATHLETIC ABILITY’ OR ‘LOVE FOR BASKETBALL’ , OBVIOUSLY. SO JUST SHUT UP W/ THAT PUTTIN BLACK PPL DOWN SHIT. SHUT UP. I THINK YALL THAT SAID THAT WANT TO BE SLAVES. LMFAO. STUPID.

Lebron looks like a damn gorilla and Gisele looks like a damn fool. Agree with the King Kong comment. Those vogue editors knew exactly what they were doing, I’m sure it wasn’t the first day on the job. The should have gone all the way and shot these pictures at the side of the empire state building.

The other photo…MUCH better. I agree they should of used that one too.

hahahahahhahah It’s just funny, seeing both pics… This is my thing…Either way, they’re playing him… the second would have been better (though the “white” woman literally on his shoulders might have drawn a bit of criticism as well. lol) BUT, I think they didn’t go with it as the cover because it looks more serious. And, that would have been Vogue, playing itself…they chose the other, with his mouth gaping and the basketball and apelike stance (lol) because the second looks far more ridiculous to fashion intelligentsia…it’s like they’re trying to mainstain some semblance of soul… A basketball player in uniform in some serious model pose with Giselle balanced meticulously atop him?? lol ???? To the insiders, it would have gone over way worse than putting the man on the cover in a way more informal shot, with his ball and stance…this way seems irreverent… But, they’re just playing him…using him to move copies and playing him to save face.

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Jennifer Hudson is a trained model… If you’ve seen her Avon ads, you’d see… They look VERY professional…

It’s good to know that Lebron made history being on the Vogue cover - BUT - for this momentous, history making ocassion, could they have had him in a suit or flexing his muscles with his basketball without the model? But thinking from a marketing point of view, having a black man on the cover alone would probably affect sales (because “the majority” are still very prejudice like we back in the 1800’s), so they threw a white woman on there to make it a controversial issue so that it would catch people’ s attention and sale through the roof. MISSION ACCOMPLISHED.

i’m lovin this shoot

All I have to say is this:

The covers were intended to highlight their bodies right?
So what does the actual cover highlight that the second picture doesn’t?
I can see her shape more clearly. His arms are better defined, and you can even view more of a calf muscle. All in the second picture.
Aside from that, on the cover she and the ball look like a prop.
And as a subscriber, they will be getting a letter.

remember vogue is still a high fashion pub, so they are always going to reach out to their target audience regardless of them breaking down barriers. it’s a little unsettling to see so many posts talking about apes and gorillas but i will hold my tongue as everyone is entitled to their own opinion i guess.

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IDK Y they chose this tacky cover! All the king kong stuff aside, the other picture is

just much better and looks more like a cover than the one they chose! Everybody

knows he’s a basketball player so they coulda saved the “cover” shot for the inside of

the magazine. Hell, he has on the same outfit ANYWAY (except for the stitching in

the shirt) and they let her change dresses. I just don’t get it! And looking back on

the J.Hud shoot, I coulda took those pics with my phone. She had already taken

wonderful pics for other magazines and u get to VOGUE (of all mags) and they had

her mouth hangin open in MORE than one pic.. Just WOW @ Vogue.. :smh:

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I agree. I do not care for the cover. I do see the artistic vision that perhaps this photographer could have been making. However, this is VOGUE not Sports Illustrated. Its about looking fabulous.

I feel like when it comes to the way blacks are displayed in the media, we cannot win. There is always going to be someone who is not satisfied. There are going to be Blacks who feel that we are always shown in a negative light or that only light skin or Uncle Tom Blacks are given play in the media.

The best way to solve all of this is to get more Blacks in behind the scene positions in the media.

As a future journalist–I am taking a lead and making it my business to display Blacks positively. That is all there is to it.

yeah i was mentioning to my homegirl the other day that the J.hud cover looked the same. it’s almost like they love to see black people with their mouth wide open, laughing as opposed to a more modelesque, serious look. are white people still afraid of black people? vogue did the same thing to the first black supermodel INSIDE (not on the cover) of vogue Donyale Luna in the 1950’s. They made her look innocent and happy as opposed to “fierce”. the same with Beverly Johnson. When BJ graced the cover of vogue as the first black woman in the august 1974 issue she was smiling, big too…like “hey look at me! see i’m a happy negro!”

Vogue would never be sensitive to any racial stereotyping because Anna Wintour is completely clueless. I’m sure they were falling all over themselves when the photos got back thinking they did something amazing. WAIT until they get the letters pouring in on this one….
Aside from the stereotypical athlete pose and the white woman/Mandingo thing….although technically Gisele Bundchen is a Brazilian woman….despite her smile she looks like she’s trying to escape…..

I’m sure he posed in those clothes to sell his athletic line, but a bad choice by his people even if they want to sell clothes. He could have showed off his beautiful athletic body in a variety of outfits…and I’m personally tired to basketball players always having to pose with a damn basketball! Sheesh…..is that tired or what? I realize a lot of them aren’t mainstream crossover stars, but I’d figure if you’re going to put a black man on a Vogue cover who’s that damn tall, folks will figure it out….

Kobe would have been a better choice, he’s more stylish anyway…..

At first, I thought people were blowing this whole thing out of proportion. However, now that I have learned that it was the same photographer who shot Jennifer Hudson’s picture for the cover of Vogue, I am a bit skeptical. This same photographer made J-Hud look like a monster, and now he Lebron looking like a monster on this cover as well… hmmmm.

I also agree that ppl are making way to much fuzz out of this.
Its just what it is, period.

honestly giselle looks horrible on the cover just like lebron does so why all the comments about how they made him look bad b/c he’s black. vogue US is slipping anyway. besides i think they did the whole black guy/white woman thing to copy french vogue (even though the black guy on french vogue was that guy who wears wigs and dresses but has a beard)

THEN PLEASE EXPLAIN THAT PICTURE. PLEASE.

I dont like this cover nor do i like the j hud cover. Its horrible and I agree 100% with CoCoCoLa.

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( I also cant recall other vogue covers to take notice of how other black celebs’ covers look or what animalistic faces white celebrities have on their vougue covers.)

yall are putting to much thought and don’t know what your talking about at the same time as well you would think with so much thought it would make sense damn

While I can see where a lot of people are concerned with the Vogue cover.. has anyone thought how “racist” it is to assume that Lebron looks like KING KONG. Annie Liewbotiz obviously has become the photographer she is by causing a stir with her photoshoots..

#15 Bamboozooled Central!!

Consider This —
If the inside shot had been the cover, just how much attention do you think it would have gotten?

On this and many other blogs, the cover has proven to do exactly what they intended, bring attention and discussion abour Vogue magazine.

I am wondering how could Labron and his people approve this type of depiction. Has anyone noticed the PowerAid Bottles with Lebron’s face on em? Well, he is there with his tongue sticking out showing green die representing the fact that he drinks the sport beverage. This image has disturbed me, as well as the ones here because I do agree that it is feeding into a stereotype of black males. Also, it seems that with Lebron being clean cut and good hearted, they are trying to undermine his existence and stature by making him stoop to these type advertisements. Dude has plenty money so I just don’t understand why these type advertisements are being used and approved by him and his camp.

this is what black people choose to get upset over????

i thinkk theres 100 other worse things going on,,, but my bad its a celebrity blog,

I still you guys are making too much fuss over a mag cover. You guys can complain all you want but its done. It’s Vogue not Essence, Ebony or Jet. I seriously doubt if they care about your opinions anyway. Would you post the cover if a black person wasn’t on the cover? I mean there’s way too much analyzing going on? So that’s my opinion. If you hate then hate it. It is what it is.

I don’t know how I feel about this cover. This is a business so I am just trying to figure out what market strategy they were trying to accomplish. I don’t get it. This reminds me of the T.O., Nicollete Sheridan commercial with her looking like the little helpless white girl with this mandingo looking brother. Hmmm

38. Yeah, youre on a celebrity blog and there’s a comment section to this article so we coment on this issue, not the hundreds of other things going on. Media has ruined the image of Black folks, even we have a negative view of ourselves, so this is a big issue.

BLACK PEOPLE ALWAYS WANT TO PLAY THE RACE CARD OVER SOME BULLSHIT. GROW UP AND GET A DAMN CLUE. AINT EVER HAPPY WITH SHIT AND ALWAYS WANT TO COMPLAIN LIKE ITS ALL ABOUT YOU. BLACK NEED TO QUIT THAT SHIT ITS RIDICULOUS AND ALL OVER A MAGAZINE COVER THAT MOST LIKELY HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH WANT YOU GUYS WANT IT TO MEAN. LEBRON AND JENNIFER LIKE IT SO SHUT UP. DAMN I HATE WHEN PEOPLE ALWAYS MAKE EVERYTHING ABOUT RACE. MY CHECK LATE..ITS CAUSE IM BLACK LOL MY PHONE BILL DUE CAUSE MY ANCESTORS WERE SLAVES SMH LOL GET A CLUE PEOPLE

This is tactic used to diminish sales….then they can use it as an excuse not to have more afro-americans on the cover. How many times have we heard that ” when there is a ethnic person on the cover the issue has low sales.” Naybe this would not be an issue if they used a photographer who knew how to photograph afro-americans in a flattering way.

Tha shot is great..I love it.

Big ups to CL for spotlighting my comment! Glad there were no typos! LOL!!

Anywho, I still stand by what I said even though the 2nd pic is a lil bit easier to digest (it’s not as aggressive). I don’t understand the photographer’s artistic direction nor do I understand why Lebron would approve this as the cover (assuming he did approve the cover). And this photographer is well respected and normally does excellent shoots so she def lost me on this one!!

But like a few have said, the cover is bringing attention to Vogue which was probably their intention. And true you can’t see his “shape” in a suit, but that doesn’t negate the fact that they could’ve chosen a different pic for the cover and possibly even Naomi Campbell as his counterpart. Talk about shape!! Or they could’ve done without a sidekick at all. Bottom line: this came out ALL wrong!

I absolute HATE the cover!!!!!

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Has anyone ever heard Gisele talk? If you haven’t, don’t. Save your ears the trouble. It’s like listening to nails scratching on a chalkboard.

oh god !!! black ppl calm the fuck down. How come we think every single thing is racist?? If we learn to love ourselves then we won’t have to jump to conclusions.

and besides, gisele is not white…she’s brazillian.

as for the cover, it’s just ugly and taky…he shouldnt have done that pose. He had full control over that one

Great woman. I like her

@42…..Looka here Ms. Mixed Ma,——Black people have fought and died for us to have alot of the rights we have today. So, if it looks as if we’re a little BENT OUTTA SHAPE, it’s because we want our people to be presented in the BEST light. Not mediocre, half-assed,reminding us of the shuck n jive shit, the “Yessir Boss, I is rite here,Boss. Not to mention us being beat to death when we forget who’s SUPERIOR. So be it, “Mixed feelings”, Mixed Blood”, or just plain ole “Mixed up!” WE… who know better have earned the right to expect, Bigger, Better and Best. Besides, it is one way to honour those who’ve paved the way. Got that?!!!

This criticism is NOT out of proportion. Image is very powerful people, it affects the subconscious tremendously. If you see a picture of a black person in an “ape like” pose…sooner or later your going to connect black people with….APES! This is what they have been doing for soo long. Dont get mad when we point it out! Look at what this kind of thing has done to the psyche of black people, not just in this country, but all over the world.

And, Gisellle is white, even though shes Brazillian

…yea im not feelin the pics either. no fault of lebrons or gisele, just the photographer and his “vision”

CLEVELAND ALLLLLL DAY
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Lemme play devils advocate and say, when choosing cover, u def. wanna choose somethign that stands out. its gotta be an arresting image thst stpps people in their tracks. I think tha cover they used just that.

personally, i think it does give into stereotypes though

I have to agree the photos are not working at all. Get at me next time I will show you how to do this.

#38. THANK YOU.

Side Note: Giselle is not white.

THIS VOGUE COVER IS THE REASON WHY I WILL NEVER BUY ANOTHER VOGUE MAGAZINE

I READ A STATISTIC THAT STATES THAT 70% OF BLACK WOMEN ARE UN PARTNERED OR UNMARRIED.

ITS COVERS LIKE THIS ONE THAT CONTRIBUTE TO THIS EPIDEMIC OF SINGLE BLACK HOUSEHOLDS.

WHY IS THAT DARK SKINNED BLACK WOMEN ARE LEFT OUT OF MAJOR MEDIA?

BECAUSE THE MONEY IS IN EXCLUSION AND NOT INCLUSION.

OUR COMMUNITY AND FAMILY VIABILITY IS BEING TARGETED BY THE MASS MEDIA AND US BLACK PEOPLE ARE SUPPORTING THESE ATTACKS BY REINFORCING AGE OLD STEREOTYPES.

THERE ARE MILLIONS OF LITTLE BLACK BOYS WHO WANT TO BE JUST LIKE LEBRON JAMES. IF THEY SEE HIM PROMOTED IN THIS MANNER WITH A NON BLACK WOMAN, THEY WILL DESIRE NON BLACK WOMEN. CHILDREN DO WHAT THEY SEE THEIR ROLE MODELS DO.

THE MEDIA CIRCUITS USE PROFESSIONAL SPORTS PLAYERS AND ENTERTAINERS BECAUSE THEY ARE TARGETING THE YOUTH.

THE SAME THING HOLDS FOR THE RAP VIDEOS WITH NON BLACK OR STRICTLY LIGHT SKINNED WOMEN.

AMERICA IS PSYCHOLOGICALLY BRAINWASHING BLACK BOYS AND MEN AGAINST THEIR OWN WOMEN.

WHEN JUVENILE’S DAUGHTER, HER SISTER, AND BABY’S MOTHER WERE KILLED BY THEIR BLACK MALE BROTHER AND SON, MY HEART DROPPED BECAUSE THIS SYMBOLICALLY REPRESENTS THE END RESULT OF THIS TYPE OF BRAINWASHING.

I UNDERSTAND THAT LEBRON IS TRYING TO BE THE FIRST BLACK BILLIONAIRE IN THE NBA BUT WE GOTTA PROTECT OUR CHILDREN FROM THESE KINDS OF IMAGES.

OUR ENTIRE COMMUNITY SHOULD NOT BE SACRIFICED FOR ONE MAN’S DREAM OF BECOMING A BILLIONAIRE.

WE GOTTA OPERATE LIKE A UNIT AND STOP WORSHIPING INDIVIDUAL MILLIONAIRES WHO DON’T GIVE A DAMN ABOUT THE HOOD OR THE MAJORITY.

IF WE DONT, WE WILL BE EXTINCT IN AMERICA

Giselle’s parents are from Germany…she looks white…SHES WHITE!

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I NOTICED YOU DRAGGED WHITNEY HOUSTON’S NAME THROUGH THE MUD BUT YET YOU CALL A WOMAN WITH EUROPEAN FEATURES DANGLING ON A BLACK MAN’S HIP “GREAT”

(NOTHING AGAINST GISELLE BUT THIS REALLY ISNT ABOUT HER)

IM CURIOUS TO KNOW ARE YOU BLACK?

AND IF SO ARE YOU MALE OR FEMALE?

I ain’t gon’ even front — when I first saw those pics, the first thing that came to mind was King Kong for some reason!

#40 MEGAN

I UNDERSTAND WHY YOU ARE CONFUSED

ITS VERY DIFFICULT TO ACCEPT AND INTERPRET SUBLIMINAL ATTACKS AGAINST YOURSELF- ESPECIALLY WHEN YOUR OWN PEOPLE HELP EXECUTE THEM.

BLACK WOMEN ARE PUT IN A VERY TIGHT SITUATION BECAUSE WE ARE SINGLED OUT, BERATED, AND EXCLUDED BY THE VERY MEN WE WISH TO LOVE AND SUPPORT

I THINK BARACK OBAMA WINNING THIS ELECTION WILL DO WONDERS IN REVERSING ALOT OF THIS MEDIA BRAINWASHING BECAUSE HE IS AN EXAMPLE OF A STRONG, INTELLIGENT, HARD WORKING, SUCCESSFUL BLACK MAN.

HIM WINNING THE PRESIDENCY WILL WORK WONDERS IN REVERSING THE DAMAGE THAT SO MANY OF OUR MEN IN THE PUBLIC EYE HAVE HELPED ESTABLISH

THE FACT THAT BARACK ISNT AN ATHLETE, RAPPER, OR ENTERTAINER WILL ALSO HELP GIVE OUR YOUNG BOYS SOMETHING OTHER THAN SPORTS AND ENTERTAINMENT TO ASCRIBE FOR.

THEY CAN NOW ASCRIBE TO BE INTELLECTUALS WHO WORK HARD ACADEMICALLY AND MAKE HISTORY WITH A STRONG BLACK WOMAN BY THEIR SIDE

THIS ALONE IS WHY IM VOTING FOR OBAMA

AND I THINK YOUR PICTURE IS ADORABLE LIL SIS

CHECK OUT THESE 2 SITES WHEN YOU GET A CHANCE

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AND NOW THAT I LOOK AT THE SECOND PICTURE, I ACTUALLY THINK ITS WORSE THAN THE COVER

THE SUBLIMINALS ARE JUST RIDICULOUS

FIRST OFF, GISELLE IS WEARING A WHITE DRESS WHICH SYMBOLIZES PURITY

SECOND, SHES PROPPED ON HIS SHOULDER LIKE A TROPHY

THIS PROMOTES THE “TROPHY” WIFE IMAGE

THIRD, LOOK AT LEBRON’S FACIAL EXPRESSION

GRANTED- AT LEAST HIS MOUTH IS CLOSED THIS TIME BUT HE STILL LOOKS LIKE HE’S ON SOME “LOOK WHAT I GOT”

THIS IS HIGHLY SUSPECT

ANDRE LEON NEEDS TO PUT IN HIS 2 WEEKS NOTICE BECAUSE THIS CERTAINLY PROVES THAT HE IS NOT RESPECTED BY THE WHITE WOMEN AT VOGUE MAGAZINE

“AND WHEN YOU TURN YOUR BACK, THEY’RE LAUGHING AT YOU”

I don’t have an issue (a big issue anyway) with a black man and white woman on the cover together. I have an issue with the “artistic” direction of the cover. It could’ve been more tasteful but as usual they went in the same racist direction. As a photographer Im sure that he/she could’ve thought of dozens of poses that would make them both stand out in their respective celebrity roles , but instead the photographer took the easy, predictable, stereotypical, and superficial way out. It lacks an artistic approach altogether. Hell, i could’ve been the photographer if that was the case. I don’t know if it was consciously or unconsciously motivated but that just goes to show what was going on in the photographer’s head as well as VOGUE’s.

I agree with #61 as well as others on here. I’m happy for the brother and the well-deserved shine that he is getting, but the cover was not done in good taste and it does nothing for minimizing the stereotypes and bias that we are already trying to still overcome. It can’t be all about self, at some point you have to do what is right for the people as a whole. He’s has enough power to say “no, I rather pose this way” or” I’d rather take another direction with this shoot”. Instead he said nothing and that just goes to show what’s in his head as well. It wasn’t too long ago when brothers were hangin from a tree on any given Sunday… and we aren’t too far removed.

At the end of the day though we have control over our thoughts and how we perceive things. Black parents, teachers, pastors, and those in the community have the power and the responsibility of teaching our kids their history. If they knew their history then a lot of soul selling wouldn’t be happening and it would take more than a magazine and other psychological outlets to push black men and women further apart (among other things that are hurting the black community). The fight isn’t over, it just took on a different form. Racism and stereotypes still persists today, it’s just displayed in different ways now. This goes for all of us no matter what educational and income level ur on. It doesn’t matter what we acquired and achieved, we all still feel and experience racism one way or another. This is not the time to get comfortable by doing bafoonery poses on VOGUE covers such as this one. Now that we can all sit in the front of the bus, let’s now work on the images we allow to be projected of us and being conscious about the impact it has on us all. The fight isn’t over…it just begun.

DONT ADDRESS ME WITH SHIT I SPOKE WAT I FELT AND YOUR INSECURE COMMENTS DONT MATTER TO ME. LIKE I SAID PEOPLE READING “WAY” TOO MUCH INTO THIS ITS PURE IGNORANCE. BLACK PEOPLE WILL RATHER RANT AND RAVE ABOUT A MAGAZINE COVER THAN SHIT THATS ACTUALLY MEANINGFUL. IGNORANCE AT ITS BEST.

All yall are funny..

LeBron is the one who posed like that, in that lady studio..Haha..He knew that lady was taking his picture and he was actin a real monkey. So whatever, i am not getting riled up over this one.

Damn look at Gisele, she’s just out shinning Lebron. Sexy.

Who wants to see his big ghetto ass on the Vogue cover.

OOk at first I didn’t see nothing wrong with the pic b/c it Lebron’s style and Giselle’s a model I can see the contrast between the two to agree with the last person…
But now that I see the same person shot Jenn Hudson and I see the resemblence in the animalistic way…

That’s what made me raise my eyebrow…but we’ll see what this person does the next time they shoot a black person.

I can understand the arguments from both ends. I can see the artistic side of yet there was no reason they couldn’t choose naomi campbell, tyra, iman, eva, yaya, or even hispanic supermodels for this shot. It’s almost like I’ll give you some but I refuse to give you all type of thing. Giselle is not the only supermodel out there that is famous. Her body is also not as shapely as people keep trying to make it out to be.

If any male athlete was chosen for the cover, it would look the same way, but they wanted to choose a male athlete and chose not to let race be a factor in choosing him. Giselle is a model, she is suppose to look graceful. Lebron is a basketball player, he is suppose have a rough demeanor in comparison to her and thats what made it work. If it was Tyra she would be on the cover looking graceful too. Thats how you get people’s attention with a magazine cover. If anything I think we are still blind with still calling black people with african physical attributes ugly. Thats us doing that. Those black folks with small lips and small noses and any other historically caucasian are called gorgeous by us. Not that they are not, but thats what ya’ll have excepted as the look of beauty.

They wanted it to look like this aggressive, athletic black man is estatic that he’s got himself a white woman!