Are Donna Karan’s ‘Haiti’ Ads Racist?

by Justin Fenner | 10:24 am, December 16th, 2011

There has been no shortage of people calling Donna Karan‘s spring ad campaign either racist or racially tinged or racially insensitive, primarily because it was shot in Haiti and features an image of (white Brazilian) model Adriana Lima sitting with with two young (dark skinned) Haitian guys. Not whipping them or smizing them into submission, just sitting, which is about the least racist thing you can do.