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Beauty Pageant Aims To Figure Out Which Skin Color Is ‘Sexiest’
A midwestern entertainment company pissed off a whole legion of people this week when it staged a beauty pageant called the Battle of the Complexions, which pitted light-skinned and dark-skinned Black women against each other in an attempt to figure out once and for all which skin color is the best.
WTF, Science: Better Dressed People Likely To Be Perceived As White
This is one of those things that’s as disturbing as it is not surprising. A new study has found that what you wear can influence how people think of your race. Put another way, people are more likely to percieve better dressed people as white and poorly dressed people as Black.
Defending Essence‘s Decision To Hire A White Fashion Director
News has come out that Essence magazine, a Time Inc glossy aimed at black women, has hired a new fashion director after being on the hunt to fill the position for months. Problem is, the new fashion director is white.
Vogue India Celebrates Dark-Skinned Beauties
Skin color is never an easy topic — especially in the sweep-it-under-the-catwalk world of fashion. And despite some progress and an increasing awareness on the part of the industry, by and large, non-white models continue to find themselves in the minority when it comes to casting — as in, “We’re not using (insert type here) this season.” But, the US certainly isn’t the only country that struggles with its cultural representations of beauty.
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