Joanna Douglas is a woman of white origin who seems to take
pleasure in writting about the plight of african americans and
people of african origins.
Now, this would be perfectly fine with me, except for the fact that
the little twit never seems to actually know what she's talking
about.
For the second time I have stumbled upon an article of her's
that recks with stupidity and not an ounce of real investigative
journalism.
First, Ms. Douglas goes on a wild rampage about Tyra Banks and her
'real hair', calling her a hypocrite and flaming on her for
have chemically altered locks. This shows a lack of research, and
mostly just plain ignoranace, in my opinion. This article, after
many outraged comments, has been mysteriously replaced with a much
shorter and less stupid article, thank god.
But she has done it again, recently the young 'journalist' posted about a spread in French Vougue that included model Lara Stone wearing 'blackface'. Blackface is an art form where make-up is used to change the skin tone of a person, usually for entertainment purposes. Blackface, although I'm sure it wasn't called that when it originated, has been used in many cultures all over the world for thousnads of years.
Ancient Egyptians use to have ceremonial celebrations where the
dancers panted themselves black, african tribes have done something
similar for just as long. And in case you're wondering, duh,
these people are already black.
Blackface, as it is called now, is considered racist in the U.S.A.
because of our history of using the ancient art form as a way of
mocking african americans. When used in this context, of course it
is racist and shouldn't be tolerated for a second.
But when Beyonce Knowles did a blackface spread for her movie
'Dream Girls' dressing as a very dark 'african
princess' was anyone accusing her of being racist? No.
Many other countries, who don't have our history with slavery
and racisim, don't see it as offensive.
France is, apparently, one of these countries. So what right does
Ms. Douglas, an American Citizen, have to belittle their
magazine?
She's not French, and no one is forceing the girl to read
the magazine.
Ms. Douglas has written some articles worth reading, such as the
scandel over the Ralph Lauren photoshop incident, and some
interesting, if overly saturated with her own opinion, pieces on
fashion week.
Ms. Douglas, please, stick to subjects that you know something
about.
And on this parting note, if you're offended, I honestly
don't care.
This is my opinion and it will not be swayed.
Thank you for reading my Blog,
Hannah
