I must say for once that I agree w/ the white man. The cover is not that serious and if you know (google) Lebron James you will find 100,000 pics of him in that same pose (w/out the white woman). That is a Lebron thing, not a King Kong thing. People please WE got bigger issues!!!!

IF you let a bigot take a inch, then they will take a foot. Subtle racism still exits, and if you let that slid, then we’ll be back to picking cotton by next year.

I applaud this woman for going on the Today show and articulatng her concerns. I am on board with her line of thinking as regards to this photo.

For those BLACKS on here who say they don’t understand the concerns, and they don’t see what’s the big deal, it’s just a cover, seriously shame on you…you have truly lost touch and have become immune and calloused to subtle racism…..remember we had to fight every step of the way for simple rights, for what should have been birth rights like all other human beings born on this earth….and if you start to see things like this as not a big deal, then slowly but surely all the hard work the civil rights movement has brought us, will all slowly evaporate right back into thin air……

I say call it like you see it…Annie could have chosen so many photos, why that one? Maybe she’s a racist and don’t know it, because somehow through her lens, and through her eyes, this picture represented the perfect representation of a black man and a white woman, so much that she chose this picture for the cover…huh..

THINK PEOPLE…..

I’M JEALOUS, I WANT MY COMMENT TO BE ON THE TODAY SHOW, ALSO. I HAVE BEEN A CONCRETE BLOG MEMBER SINCE ABOUT 2003, WHERE IS MY REWARD, LOL. ON A SERIOUS NOTE, I BELIEVE THAT CONCRETE LOOPER’S WHO HAVE THREE+ YEARS OF MEMBERSHIP ON THE LOOP, SHOULD RECEIVE SOME SORT OF PERKS OR LETTERS OR SOMETHING SENT TO THEIR E-MAILS, BECAUSE WE ARE LOYAL SUPPORTERS, WITHOUT US THE LOOP WOULD NOT HAVE CONTINUED, WE ARE THE ONES WHO PASSED ON THE WORD AND CONTINUE TO PASS THE WORD ABOUT THE WEBSITE.

I think its just an ugly photo. It does kinda look like he is terrorizing a little white girl though. Not that serious though.

yo..I posted something a few hours ago, and it didn’t show up! what’s goin’ on angel?

It was racist, but what can you do when Lebron agreed and did the photoshoot, and where is Andre Leon Talley , and what does he have to say about this? and why not check the photographer and the editor?

“Massa, can I PLEASE sleep under your bridge?”

“Massa, can I PLEASE sleep in your bridge with your beautiful cows and horses?”

“Thank ya Massa! It don’t matter that I smell like manure, I’m the first nigga EVER to pass your front gate!”

That’s how ignorant you all sound when you say you’re happy that there’s FINALLY ( in ‘08) a black person on the cover of a white magazine even if he does look like an ape. Just so happy to finally be invited to their party, it doesn’t matter if you’ve been looked over for an invitation for the past 200 years! Just happy to be here massa! It doesn’t matter that I have to eat in the kitchen or the watering hole with the donkeys and cows! Just happy to be here!

Doesn’t sound like an accomplishment to me.

People need to stop with the BULLSHIT… its 2008 we a have qualified black man with the best shot any black man has ever had to become president and all people can talk about is a stupid mag cover…. get a Fucking life!

I am a young black man & being the open-minded young black man that I am I did not take offense to the cover when I first observed it. I did however ponder what the intentions of the magazine were. I mean you have Lebron James a beast on the basketball court and you have Giselle a gentle lol and soft supermodel. Two different personalities on one cover. That’s what I saw. But I can see where some people see the “big angry black man” and the “delicate little white girl”! lol! Was this racially inspired? Or are people over analyzing? Pictures of these people are seen all the time with the very same expressions, and no one cares but when they are together it’s a problem????
I don’t get it lol!

(Pardon my grammatical errors)LMAO!

#123 the reason why I said that is because if he were holding the white woman in any way that implied he was being romantic or admiring her beauty, then people would be upset because he was holding a white woman and not a black woman or that it is feeding the stereotype that all black athletes get white women when they make it big….that is what I meant thank you!

i dont think the pic was put on the cover by accident. jus like notbuyingit said, these ppl have been at this for years and they arent stupid. they are in the business of selling magizines, not helping black ppl excel. we have to take that responsibility upon ourselves. this thing is about to blow all out of hand and a lot of ppl are probably gonna say smoy outta pocket sh*t, but thats just the country we live in. i personally think its about time we, as black ppl, stop trying so hard to change the way ppl are and focus on raising our kids right so they will be better prepaired to deal with such ppl that they will eventually cross in life.

this is so stupid…everytime there is a picture of someone of color on a magazine that is not portrayed in a certain manner to the black community standard..they always have to pull the race card…thats why this world will never overcome racism

its a hot picture..hes the first balck man on the cover of vogue thats what we should be talkimg about.

For fear of being repetitive, I won’t argue my point too far, but I still believe that what we’re seeing here is a witch hunt for racism. I can’t bring myself to believe that the staff at Vogue wanted nothing more than to strike a blow at all black people by using that shot.

Here’s what I can’t take seriously: everyone wants to profess to be the best racism detective in the land, but when Today HAS to pick the quote in which the commenter uses “straight up” to argue a point…no one smells anything fishy. In fact, everyone wants to congratulate MJ for having made it on TV. Disgusting.

I think that the point is when a black man finally does grace the cover and Vogue has the opportunity to change negative perceptions…what do they do? They reinforce them. If you are saying he does not look like an ape or baboon why don’t you look for the original King Kong poster? The positioning is exactly the same and you have to know about the subconscious message these images send. You have to educate yourselves. And the more black people that do not voice offense over this the more we will be treated and subjected to this type of constant negative imaging.

It is not acceptable. If Vogue really wanted to do something new or even make history they should have gone with an image that set a new stereotype of a multi-layered black man who is not just some raging savage with tatoos (which is what mainstream media think of us by the way) but a business man with savvy. Why do all other atheletes get to show their calm and cool side?!!

I for one aspired to be in Vogue one day but am now completely put off by this and even if Vogue did not mean to cause offense (BUT COME ON…they know what they are doing…they have been doing covers for years) they should at least issue an apology for the offense it has caused.

Samata Angel

Black people are paranoid! You people just see racism everywhere! Even when it’s not there!

if anything the vogue cover has a connotation to king-kong with the big gorilla and the sexy chic. black people need to get together and stop trine to pin-point lil shit like dat. thas bogus…how is it racial? if anything its overcoming racism. only three men have eva been on the cover of vogue and lebron is tha third. thas amazing. come on black people lets get it together…PLEASE!!!!

It’s funny how people are making such a big stink about this cover, but will purchase cds and watch videos that degrade stereotype young black men/women. Get your priorities straight my people. How can you hope to change the image that white america has of our race in general, if we continue to promote/support negative self-images of our people. You have to respect yourself first, before you can possibly think of gaining the respect of others.

I mean people lets get real he is an althlete a good at that. That is what he is known for. So why not protray him in his natural element. Why make him look like something he is not just because he is on Vouge. That when he would be being a sell out

Angel u are every kind of fool under this sun. bloody fat pig. what did i say in my comment that was wrong? was it the fact i sed gisele is white or the fact i sed that the racial hint here is subtle?

Stupid sellout. All acting like u r in it for black people. what have u done for the ghettos with all ur money (apart from stuffin ur face with fried okra n pig feet) Ugly HAM

Damn, we make ourselves out to be the most thin skinned people in the world. I don’t get what’s wrong with the cover…other than the fact that it doesn’t looks so hot. Why do we always have to read so much into everything? I often feel that our race as a whole is beginning to look as if we all have a giant chip on our shoulder.

The picture is very very inappropraite.LOOK AT THE PICTURE .people say that they don’t see anything offensive about the photo and that we are being sensitive. i am faaaaaaaaaaar from being sensitive. Lebron James is the first ever athlete to make the cover if they really wanted to honor him he would have been in the photo by himself .AND IT IS NOT ALL ABOUT THE SAVAGE LOOK IT IS WHAT IT REPRESENTS BASKETBALL ON ONE SIDE WHICH REPRESENTS SUCCESS AND WHITE WOMAN CLUTCHED IN HIS ARMS WHO REPRESENTS AS BEING HIS TROPHY THE SAVAGE LOOK REPRESENTS THE OVERPROTECTION OF HOW BLACK MEN ARE WHEN THEY FALL IN LOVE WITH WHITE WOMEN IT REMINDS ME OF KING KONG

I don’t like the fact that they called labron kong which is basically calling him a ” monkey” !!!! They couldve chose a different name or couldve of just called him what they always call him ” king James.. this model is not white!!! Shes a pale black Brazilian…she’s also a woman of color she’s just pale as hell even though she tries to pretend she’s white she’s not !!!!! adriana Lima is Afro-Brazilian coming from a different part of brazil but never the less she’s Brazilian too and brazilians are of African descent even the pale as hell ones even though they act like they don’t… They couldve made history and just shouldve of given labron the cover by himself…but he needs to speak up he doesn’t seem to be affended by it but he should tell them to write a retraction and give him an apology for being so insensitive with there so-called “innocent name calling ” and terms they use to describe black people ….

I really never even thought about that the first time I looked at it. Some people just think WAY to much I tell ya. ITS NOT THAT SERIOUS!!

this just shows how arrogrant , confused,and sensetive black people are these days..lebron is on the cover because he is a superstar fashion star, and GB because she is the biggest supermodel to date…it seems people are so fuckin black oriented these days , like is we should not mix with other tipe of races …dont u get it , every one is tired of black folks pulling the racist card …it’s editorial , it’s edgy , it’s fuckin vogue…..and there has been more then 4 black people on the cover of vogue ( Liya kebede, Naomi campbell , Beverly J , and so many other models) , people say vogue hasent even used alot of black models for 115 years…hello u rerally think they would have had black people on the cover in 1935 …helll no…also vogue onlu started using models in real photographs since the 70s , before it was artistic pictures drawn out( vogue covers)…black people always screaming racism..what about this ( shut your mouthsa , and do something about it)….and it’s not only white people that think african american s are a bunch of thugened out negros , aasians , latinos , arabs …shit everybody…and one more thing AFRICANS dont like black people(…they think u guys are a bunch of ex slaves that are ghetto)…just get over it…if you dont understand high fashion , dont deal with it…….if vogue is racist they would have made liya , naomi , and tyra look like shit ages ago .

it’s not even that serious.lebron looks like he has alot of energy.he’s not biting giselle or anything.whoever made that comment is an idiot!!

VOGUE hardly ever puts african american/black people on their cover EVER! And one of the few times it does the man looks VICIOUS. I agree with alot of the posts here and if they could have chose a better/calmer/decent picture why not? I look at this and BEAUTY & the BEAST comes to mind!

1. I don’t find this article offensive, but Vogue magazine I USUALLY do!

2. I don’t want any of you telling me how I SHOULD feel because we share the same skin color…sorry I don’t know you so don’t you dare!

3. I find it funny how many of you are against this cover but support T.I. for having all his guns..wtf

4. NOBODY can bring another person or group down; all they can do is TRY. Many Black people let themselves be brought down by their own thinking: “acting white” “acting black”..etc

When as a Black person can we be “ourseleves”, if we like rock music and enjoy European clothes we are no less Blacker? I for one probably do a lot of things that aren’t considered “Black” but I would never want to be another race I LOVE myself.

* Seems like a lot of people on this site do not love themselves and it’s sad

Yeah for CL!!!! Whoo hoo………….but seriously, who cares?????? I think Lebron’s fine a** looks damn good!!!! And Gisele, she is beautiful as always!!! It makes me sick that so many black people can be so full of shit! It’s a damn magazine cover, it not like Vogue called him a nappy headed bball player! Gosh!

W/ Love from beautiful sunny SD CA!!!

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