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Friday 4 June 2010

Claudia Schiffer - The white woman in black-face

Claudia Schiffer has been accused of racial insensitivity after appearing on a magazine cover made up as a black woman.

The 39-year-old supermodel wore dark foundation and an afro wig in the shots taken by celebrated fashion designer and photographer Karl Lagerfeld.

Now the black folks are mad. They call the photos tasteless, offensive and insensitive.

The white folks call it ART! What do you call it?
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20 comments:

ChiChiLuv said...

In a very disturbing way, she looks like Grace Jones. Oyinbo, una dey fall my hand o, hm. The image of black face has been offensive for decades, yet each new one that arrives, there is an idiot who thinks it is expression of their "art" to put it out there.

Black folks, pick up white makeup, blond wig and colored contacts and give it back to them...oh wait, we are doing it already with bleaching, blond wigs/weaves and all manners of colored contacts with no impact!

I am only in my thirties and this world has made me feel as weary as an 80 year old.

Anonymous said...

Hmmm...she looks like a barbie doll more than a human being!....can't we just be the way GOD created us?...e don tire me o!

Vhktor A said...

Breaking News:Drogba likely to miss world cup.

Anonymous said...

okay so here's my 2 kobo.
beyonce has straight blonde hair and everybody thinks she's pretty. Blacks do not say she is a sell-out and whites do not say it is racially insensitive. naomi campbell nko with her everlasting fringe cut weave-on. if claudia dons an afro and paints her skin black to look pretty for a shoot, what's the issue? let's face more important matters and leave this non-issue biko. and if blacks think they're under-represented in that industry, it's time for us to up our game,go mainstream and compete head-on.

Anonymous said...

Anon 5.48: Drogba is out and so is Rio.

Udegbunam Chukwudi said...

FABULOUS! WHAT DID YOU EXPECT. SHE LOOKS AMAZING AS ALWAYS. SHE'S ONE OF THE "TRUE" SUPERMODELS.

Black people need to get over themselves abeg. Any small thing na racism go enter una mouth.

When the Wayans bros did White Chicks no hell was let loose oh! But when a white does a black, everyone goes, "Oh he didn't"

Make una go rest bo! Find better things to talk about.

Ms Olaf said...

ABEEGGGGGGGGG!!!! Free the babe jor! She looks Fire... yea shes a white chic but who wudda thunk it. I see this as a step towards breaking the stigma of black NOT being high fashion/beautiful. Like chichiluv mentioned... 9altho I dont agree with her POV) if blacks be tryna be white with blond wigs, straight hair and colored eyes... F it... let the woman rock a damned afro and dark foundation.

You Go girl. Atleast Im sure some poor indivdual out there who lives thier life based on what he or she sees in these magazines can now accept or start to alter thier thinking into believing that an afro or dark(er) skin is actually beautiful...

Richinon said...

There's nothing a white person will do that the blacks won't scream 'racist'. I saw nothing wrong with the picture. In fact she looks really pretty

If the blacks want to scream racism then the whites should pick up Beyonce, Lil' Kim and all the rest of them black barbie looking women and scream racism as well.

Every small thing, racism! I'm tired of that line abeg!

Anonymous said...

people are just over sensitive jare...All the black folks wearing contacts, bleaching, fake ass weaves nko?abegi o jare

Anonymous said...

black people especially AFRICAN AMERICANS are PATHETIC. those skanks BLEACH their SKIN and HAIR everyday and even wear COLOURED CONTACTS and appear on magazine shoot but people don't say they are racial insensitive...look at TYRA BANKS with her BLEACHED skin, hair, FIXED nose and GREEN eyes on the cover of Caucasian magazines and everybody thinks she's fabulous then Claudia does a DELIBRATE shoot and AFRICAN AMERICANS are opening their SELF HATING SMELLY mouths to talk ABSOLUTE RUBBISH of RACIAL INSENSITIVITY. are they even SENSITIVE to their own race and CULTURE of their FOREFATHERS. most of them wish in their tight little corners that they were anything but BLACK.

by the way, the hair and the tan...this chick makes me proud of me. MWAH!!!! Claudia and Karl. if they don't like it we AFRICANS the ROOT of AFRICAN AMERICANS love it and HELL they go.

Anonymous said...

That's the versatility of a model. I like it!

sopsybugsy said...

madness.

Vera B. said...

skankmupeaceofmind, i think africans bleach more than african americans because if african americans bleach as much as you think they do even they would talk about it.

I agree with this part of your statement though: Most of them wish in their tight little corners that they were anything but BLACK.

Femiluv said...

Annoying...

Anonymous said...

Black or White, this outfit does not suit her at all. She looks stupid. Claudia, stick to the way God made you. Don't waste people's time and age gracefully.

Anonymous said...

I call it ART. F**K outta here with all that black race card sh*t.

Anonymous said...

On to the next! Any news?

nuella said...

when black pple bleach their skin to look white, we call it beauty... wat do we think oyinbo pple call it??? why do we even care about dis black/white skin thing???? black pple have no FRIGGING TIME! KMT

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