Vouge Cover Controversy - Lebron and Gisele
 Lebron James’ appearance on the latest issue of Vogue Magazine has drawn much more discussion than being only the third man to grace the cover and the first African American man to do so. Immediately after the release of the cover artwork, issues and questions arose if the photo taken by famed photographer Annie Leibovitz for Vogue’s “Shape Issue” which has a multiple page spread featuring world class athletes and acclaimed models.
Some are wondering if Lebron James’ aggressive facial expressions coupled with his arm around the Brazilian model Gisele Bundchen has racial undertones drawing parallels to King Kong. While some individuals have been quoted to say that this cover “further racial stereotypes of black men being a dangerous threat”, Vogue has released a statement stating that the cover “sought to celebrate two superstars at the top of their game” for the magazine’s annual issue devoted to size and shape. Before any opinions are made or conclusions are drawn, I personally think that it would be of much value to view Vogue’s video feature of the focus of the issue - the comparison between brawns and beauty and how both athletes and models are a symbol of both. Photography is a form of art. Like a painting, 1000 people can interpret 1000 different ways. Is this cover racist? Is it innocent? Was the supposed “King Kong pose” inspired by his nickname “King James” or was that not intended to be interpreted at all? Please let us know what message you interpret from this cover. |
Lebron James and Gisele Bundchen on cover of Vogue
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People have too much time on their hands thinking that this cover is inappropriate or racist. Let it go. I agree, “Like a painting, 1000 people can interpret 1000 different ways.”
Comment by Opinion — March 28, 2008 @ 7:44 am
I too think people have too much time on their hands. Why can’t people just take it for what it is, an historical cover for Vogue,with two famous people in their chosen line of work, and get over themselves thinking everything has to about race.
Comment by Glenn — March 28, 2008 @ 7:50 am
ITS JUST A COVER y sucha a big deal out of it…it is not at all intended to b racist at all.. y would they have a “king kong” inspired cover 4 vogue…that dont even sound right
Comment by thaNYkid — March 28, 2008 @ 8:01 am
i really dont see whats the big deal here. some people really look into these thing too much…
Comment by callum — March 28, 2008 @ 8:02 am
lebron look like a guerilla as it is in the first place lol. only thing that kills me is that it is 2008 and there have really only been 3 men and 1 black man total on the cover
Comment by lilrip133 — March 28, 2008 @ 8:04 am
I try to avoid expressing personal opinion as much as possible as it jeopardizes journalistic integrity, but this controversy is pathetic in my opinion.
I saw this cover several times and NEVER did I think that Lebron looked “dangerous”, “threatening”, or like he was posing as “King Kong.” To me, color of skin, ethnicity, or faith is just something that you have, but not part of your appearance if that makes any sense. We all have a color of skin, we all have an ethnic background, and we all have our own beliefs, but to me, none of those three define who we are as people.
Lebron is an amazing athlete - the true epitome of “strength”. Gisele is one of the most beautiful women on the planet with one of the best figures - the true epitome of “shape”. I don’t think that they could have picked two better individuals for this cover nor do I think that either would portray what they represent if they were photographed in any other way than Gisele dressed in a beautiful dress with flowing hair and Lebron wearing athletic apparel that shows his brute strength along with game face.
Comment by Nice Kicks — March 28, 2008 @ 8:07 am
Anybody know what shoes he’s wearing? lol
Comment by joshman — March 28, 2008 @ 8:10 am
Lebron Soldier II
Comment by Nice Kicks — March 28, 2008 @ 8:12 am
shoes is straight
bottom line…hop off tha jock
Comment by noxx — March 28, 2008 @ 8:40 am
this cover reminds me of a film named “my daughters F’n Blackzilla”
Comment by bobby — March 28, 2008 @ 8:48 am
who gives a dam? I just see a the best basketball player in the NBA (I don’t want to hear about kobe) and a sexy women.
I’m willing to bet some money that Sharpton is behind this
Comment by luck — March 28, 2008 @ 8:54 am
I FEEL THA SAME PEOPLE GOT TO MUCH TIME ON THERE HAND!THTS JUST THA FACE HE MAKES WHEN HE MKS A NASTY DUNK,AND THEM SHOES IS KINDA CLEAN.
Comment by P-THIN — March 28, 2008 @ 9:09 am
luck, I am with you my man. The minute that racial issues are a thing of the past is the minute Sharpton and “ghetto pimp” Jackson are without a job.
smh, here we are just about to elect the first black president (hopefully) and we have people in our community bugging out about this ish.
Comment by sneakFREAK — March 28, 2008 @ 9:15 am
look, i’m black and i don’t have a problem with it. is it a BLATANT pose, hell yeah, but not a racial one. you got king kong and king james. both are beasts. i guess the same people making a fuss about this crap don’t look at BET and see the obvious Minstrel Show thats on there 24/7…
Comment by big grizzly — March 28, 2008 @ 9:38 am
People worry about the wrong s%&t and read into everything. There are more important issues to worry about like all these damn foreclosures.
Comment by pett33 — March 28, 2008 @ 9:49 am
“I’m willing to bet some money that Sharpton is behind this.”
Comment by luck — March 28, 2008 @ 8:54
Luck, what do you mean by this?
Comment by J.King — March 28, 2008 @ 10:02 am
Its kinda sad that people throw everything under a microscope like this. Why make something out of nothing? Would this controversy be coming up at all if it were Dirk Nowitzki on the cover instead of LB?? prob not!
Comment by 80's baby — March 28, 2008 @ 10:41 am
Sometimes people really make something out of nothing. There is really no controversy here I wonder who started this.
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Comment by fresherthanyou — March 28, 2008 @ 10:50 am
maybe it was to show him like king kong
but not to be racist!
theyre both beasts!
and yea lebron is the one who prolly thought to do his dunk face
either way just drop it….al sharpton lol
Comment by tRick — March 28, 2008 @ 10:52 am
I saw this cover in a store yesterday. It is completely innocent. Vogue is just trying to catch customers attention to buy the magazine. The word racial did not come in mind at all. I just thought it was creative and that Lebron is on a cover, awesome.
Comment by David Ha — March 28, 2008 @ 11:02 am
am i being dumb in thinking he’s doing a basketball player pose !? - as opposed to a king kong pose.
Comment by alan lovedog — March 28, 2008 @ 12:57 pm
HEY! IM BLACK AND I SAW NOTHING WRONG WITH IT! SOME SENSITIVE BLACK PEOPLE MAKE US LOOK BAD. IT LOOKS LIKE HE’S JUST GOOFING OFF AND THEY ARE HAVING FUN. VERY NATURAL. AND IF THEY SAY HE LOOKS LIKE KING KONG, WHAT DO YOU EXPECT WHEN YOU HAVE A 6′9 250 LBS BLACK GUY NEXT TO A WOMEN WHO IS ABOUT 5′10! THIS IS EMBARRASSING FOR THE WRONG REASONS! T MAKES US LOOK LIKE WE LOOK FOR TROUBLE. ANYBODY WHO FOLLOWS THE 2 KNOWS THAT LEBRON IS A BIG AGGRESSIVE POWERFUL PLAYER ON THE COURT. AND GISELE REPRESENTS BEAUTY AND WHATEVER ELSE.THEY ARE JUST SHOWING OPPOSITES! AND EVERYBODY KNOWS LEBRON IS A NICE GUY, SO HE IS FAR FROM KING KONG.
Comment by bkbigjay — March 28, 2008 @ 12:57 pm
=its like some people try to make everything about race.
whats next? they try to penalize nicekicks for having a white background on the comment page?
Comment by bkbigjay — March 28, 2008 @ 1:00 pm
i usually think everything is racist,,,but im with you guys,,there diggin really hard with this one. that mess never crossed my mind, kong was a king, so is james. and hey he captured him a fine white woman so either way its all good right?????
Comment by gold — March 28, 2008 @ 1:44 pm
next thing you know people are gonna go over board and call food racist. “why is Frosted Flakes GRRREEAT? because its white? and Coco Puff make you crazy because its brown? why is white rice just RICE and brown rice is WILD rice? is it bustin’ old ladies upside the head?” but i have big feeling that sharpton is NOT behind it, but somebody else. and who knows, it might not even be a black person….
Comment by big grizzly — March 28, 2008 @ 2:46 pm
In agreement with most everyone on here…calling this cover racist is a stretch or epic proportions…my only impression when I first saw it was the contrast between a fierce ball playing warrior and an elegant lady…
If people really want to help eradicate blatantly racist images then banning “Flavor of Love” and all other video coonery would be a much better start!
Comment by nikeindabutt — March 28, 2008 @ 2:48 pm
1st it was vick for the puppies now it is lebron for attacking the wh!te girl (lol)
Comment by D truth — March 28, 2008 @ 2:51 pm
1st O.J. now lebron (lol)
Comment by really — March 28, 2008 @ 2:54 pm
I think this is all just blown up, I don’t see nothin wrong here
Comment by delgado — March 28, 2008 @ 4:01 pm
why think about it that much all it is is a magizine cover
Comment by white7613 — March 28, 2008 @ 4:34 pm
ppl need 2 get a life. whoever started this controversy, thinkin this was a racist cover, i kno ur probly not reading this.. but, jus in case: i hate you. grow up. this is 2008, not everything is about race anymore. most mature ppl dont even recognize race anymore. kids today r brought up n such a diverse ethnic pool, that we dont c race as “color”. thats one of the most beautiful things on the planet, n if ur not mature enough 2 recognize the nature of this day n age, plz. keep ur opinions 2 urself.
n Gisele Bundchen is super fine. lol
Comment by rubber_soulz — March 28, 2008 @ 4:47 pm
I DON’T THINK THAT ITS RACIST. THE COVER DOESNT FLOW TO ME. SHES GRACEFUL AND HE HAS HIS GAME FACE ON. LEBRON HAS A VERY CLASSY STYLE AWAY FROM THE COURT, AND I THOUGHT THAT VOGUE WOULD CAPITOLIZE ON THAT… BEING A FASHION MAG.
WHEN GQ DID A SPREAD ON STEVE NASH AND 50 CENT, THEY TOOK THEIR STYLE TO A DIFFERENT LEVEL. SHOWING THEIR STYLE AWAY FROM THEIR PROFESSION. I FELT THEY COULD HAVE MADE THEM BLEND TOGETHER BETTER-HB
Comment by rock — March 28, 2008 @ 5:30 pm
I think some people live to make something out of nothing. I see the gameface leborn on the cover of a magazine but since it another black athlete on the cover wit a white women some people put dumb comment out there to get a reaction just like with the T.O.and Nicolette Sheridan Monday Night Football scene WHY can’t it just be Lebron and Gisele on the cover of Vogue and nothing more.
Comment by solesaved — March 28, 2008 @ 6:26 pm
I think it is a silly photo more than anything. People are just pulling things out of their asses and saying all sorts of bs. If anything, they coulda made LeBron a bit more dapper, huh?
Comment by grizz8884 — March 28, 2008 @ 6:30 pm
fam it’s racist straight up like 6:00 clock just the fact that it is nearly 2009 & he is the 1st BLACK man on the mag let’s me know they are racist plus it’s blatant as hell but A it’s NOT my fault if YOU can’t read between the lines
Comment by jr — March 28, 2008 @ 6:44 pm
p.s . shorty is wack A keys stacy dash nu-nu are bad she’s like dirk in the post WEAK!!!
Comment by jr — March 28, 2008 @ 6:46 pm
Comment 35 ^^^ It’s Vouge player i don’t see or think too many Black men or any race of men is dying to make the Vouge cover it only been 3 MEN on the cover PERIOD its pretty much a womens magazine unless they decide to do a issue to make point or a special cover which this one is a best bodies & top athletes issue like i said some people Read more into or Between Lines as you say when there Really nothing there at all Clam Down.
Comment by solesaved — March 28, 2008 @ 7:05 pm
This cover actually reminds me more of Othello and Desdemona.
Comment by Chinky I'd — March 28, 2008 @ 7:20 pm
solesaved calm down wat eva open ur eyes racism is has been around forever & this cover just shows it’s still alive & kicking and that they don’t care whether people take offense to it or not
“Try & take’em out the hood U kno show’em ish but if they close minded who am I to open it”
Comment by jr — March 28, 2008 @ 8:17 pm
Tell me how does this cover show Racism? I’m not talking about your comment on what you think but tell me where is the RACISM in this cover! You buffin ya gum and taking a lot of jibberish but your not making any sense CLOSED MINDED to what ya throwin out statement but state what you mean in regards to the racism on this cover because most of all the other that have left comments are basically sayin the same thing i am so i guess all the rest of us are CLOSED MINDED since you Showin ish let the rest of us SEE WHAT YOU SHOWIN!
Comment by solesaved — March 28, 2008 @ 8:53 pm
i didnt notice any racism until i read the article and started to actually really look at the cover
Comment by greenmaker24 — March 28, 2008 @ 9:01 pm
ma people dis aint suppose to mean ****, its jus a cover, these photographers dun have the time to think about all these racial problems. All dey wanna say is dat look at these people with great bodies, it wud b cool if we looked lik em… dats it nuttin else… ya sum board @$$ N***** to think of all this man… wut yal aint got **** to do but to sit n think of this, get a life man… N by da way, Lebron is the best… yeh hes better than Kobe i dun care wut nobody says…
Comment by Dat dude — March 29, 2008 @ 12:10 am
N by da way… dis chic aint even white, shes freakin brazilian… their both minorities… get wit da freakin program…
Comment by Dat dude — March 29, 2008 @ 12:15 am
there are 42 comments above mine and 2 people agree that it IS racist… so for every person who thinks its racist there are 20 who don’t.. get over it you could find that many people in a crowd of 42 to find ANYTHING racist
Comment by pat — March 29, 2008 @ 1:05 am
There is not anything wrong with that photo. They are making a big deal out of nothing.They are two stars at the top of there game and happy to show it. All of this king kong is stupid.Just respect there photos.Stop making it a black and white issue.Both are from color. black and brazil
Comment by keith julien — March 29, 2008 @ 10:23 am
BLACK PPL ARE WACK TO START OFF N GISELLE IS SEEMS LIKE LEBRON OS PIMPIN HER!
Comment by l.a.s finest — March 29, 2008 @ 11:15 am
l.a.s finest shut the eff up, you make no sense at all.
Comment by bkbigjay — March 29, 2008 @ 11:32 am
The fact that there is even discussion on this is just a testament to how deep seeded racism is in America and how even after hundreds of years we still can’t judge a man by his soul rather than the color of his skin. Hence, people define this as being racist and we still dwell over it. This country’s foundation was built on racism that can be traced back to the 1400’s. No matter how many open minded people there are there will always be sect’s of neurotic individuals who can’t shake judging a man or a woman by what they “have.”
Comment by thebandit3 — March 29, 2008 @ 12:36 pm
“see i’m being ignant that get on my nerve every minute what’s plain to some is really borbury printed”
you see it’s NOT about how many people say what or whether or NOT you can see it it’s like air just b/c YOU can’t SEE it doesn’t mean it’s NOT their THINK about
Comment by jr — March 29, 2008 @ 1:19 pm
i don’t know what this is. LeBron is naive for doing this retarded cover. most black people over 60 should and probably do hate it. unlike most of my generation I actually pay attention to what my grandparents say.
i will say one thing though, black people are becoming overly sensitive about not being seen as overly sensitive about race. what are you scared of…somebody’s gonna accuse you of playing the race card? they’ll compare you to sharpton? so what? the fact is the white race deserves this. their forebears earned them these minor annoyances, and they are MINOR annoyances. black people and minorites in general still quietly getting pwned. walk in to any store and who is working in the front…now who is in the back. who is the manager? they might be cordial, but many maybe most of them don’t see us as equals.
I ain’t running for public office…I don’t give a shiii
Comment by Drago — March 29, 2008 @ 1:37 pm
Did Lebron have to be screaming?
Comment by Eric T — March 29, 2008 @ 2:49 pm
People need to look at it in the right context. If it had been Barrack Obama I’d say it might be racist but it’s LeBron James he makes that face every time he picks up a basketball, he’s an aggressive player
Comment by qnzman989 — March 29, 2008 @ 3:20 pm
Drago you talk about people in their 60’s. oh please. really thats nonsense. if a person who experienced racism and segregation saw this and they say its racist they are delusional.
they need to ask themselves this, in the 60’s would a lebron type plaer be on the cover holding a white woman? hell no. they would’ve burnt his house down those racist bastards. now its 2008. this shows how much we’ve grown since then. and i cant see how he is naive? he is the first black man on the cover in its 116 year history. i call that progression. once again they are showing opposites, brute strength and power vs elegance and beauty. that is what the 2 represent.and lebron has accomplished so much to get to where he is. he will be one of the richest basketball players in the history of the nba.
people think too much.
Comment by bkbigjay — March 29, 2008 @ 3:58 pm
and not to mention she looks very happy. nobody bothered mentioning how she praises him in the mag only on the cover,some people need to stop living in the past
Comment by bkbigjay — March 29, 2008 @ 4:01 pm
da covers nice.
Comment by JC — March 29, 2008 @ 5:00 pm
Comment 48 “Junior” YOU STILL AIN’T SAYIN Nothing! What is it that YOU SEE THAT IS SO RACIST ABOUT THIS COVER not what the comments that people are leaving AGAIN WHAT’S ON THE COVER MAKES IT RACIST you gettting IGANT! Getting, you are ready there player! Cut all the slick talk and just EXPLAIN WHAT ABOUT THE THIS COVER IS RACIST IT PLAIN TO SEE TO YOU THAN EXPLAIN IT! LIKE I SAID BEFORE YOU MOVING YA MOUTH AND AIN’T SAYING NOTHING YOU CAN’T EXPLAIN WHAT IS RACIST ABOUT THE COVER BECAUSE THERE IS NOTHING RACIST ABOUT IT YOU JUST LIKE A BUNCH OF OTHERS IF THE KING KONG STATEMENT WASN’T MADE YOU WOULDN’T EVEN THOUGHT ABOUT IT SOME PEOPLE STILL AIN’T GOT THE SENSE TO RECOGNIZE RACISM IF BIT THEM IN THE BUTT! YOU MAKE YOURSELF LOOK IGANT! WHAT THE STATEMENTS YOU MAKE! Again like i already said What about this cover that you see makes it Racist JUST THE COVER ITSELF I’M NOT TALKING THE COMMENTS. You can’t explain because you THERE IS NOTHING RACIST ABOUT THE COVER!
Comment by solesaved — March 29, 2008 @ 5:21 pm
ppl is clownin…it clearly says THE SHAPE ISSUE, and who better to have on THE SHAPE ISSUE than a dope ass basketball star and a dope ass model lol, Vouge is showing that two ppl in two completley different fields of entertainment are both built the way they need to be to be successful at what they do
!!!!!NOTHING RACIST ABOUT IT!!!!! JUST READ IT AND GET IN SHAPE DAMMIT
Comment by i stay fresh — March 29, 2008 @ 6:45 pm
I’m Black, and whoever made these claims need to get a f’n life. I’m tired of Black people always blaming “the man”, or making some excuse as to how and why white people make us look bad. Sometimes, WE as Black people make ourselves look bad and has little or nothing to do with other races. If we spent less time worrying about insignificant issues as these, maybe we could see some progress in our community. I’m sure the majority of White America have better things to do than worry about making Black people look bad.
Comment by EVillian87 — March 29, 2008 @ 7:35 pm
1st it’s jr cut the slick ish 2nd YOU probably don’t see anything racist about that old show star trek either w/ 1 blk guy being BLIND & the other being physically deformed you probably don’t see N E thing wrong w/ the whole VICK situation either huh I don’t NEED to go into detail cuz it’s obvious
Comment by jr — March 29, 2008 @ 8:14 pm
also whoever said they didn’t have time to think about the photo & how it comes across is an idiot or very trusting of people to a fault (YOU TELL ME WHICH 1)there R NO coincidences only signs “SH*T JUST DON’T HAPPEN SH*T HAPPEN FOR A REASON”
THINK ABOUT IT
Comment by jr — March 29, 2008 @ 8:20 pm
Junior, JR, Jr. I not talking about Mike Vick or anything else i’M talking about this cover YOU GOING ALL OFF BASE YOU STILL CAN’T TELL ME WHAT IS RACIST ABOUT THE COVER BECAUSE YOU DON’T KNOW WHAT THE HELL YOU TALKING ABOUT! Quit going off the topic and answer the question i’ve asked you 3 times already WHAT IS RACIST ABOUT THIS COVER? ALL THIS THERE ARE NO COINCIDENCES AND SIGNS AND SH*T HAPPEN FOR A REASON GUMBO YOU TALKING IS LIKE RUNNING ON A TREADMILL A LOT OF SWEAT AND WORK AND YOU STILL AND WENT NOWHERE. YOU A FOLLOWER YOU READ THE STATEMENT ABOUT KING KONG AND RACISM AND JUMPED ON THE BANDWAGON. 1NCE AGAIN WHAT IS RACIST ABOUT THE COVER YOU CAN’T TELL ME BECAUSE YOU DON’T KNOW! I’M A BLACK MAN BORN AND RASIED IN SOUTH FLORIDA AIN’T A DAM THING YOU CAN TELL ME ABOUT BEING BLIND I KNOW WHAT RACISM IS AND AIN’T NOTHING RACIST ABOUT THIS COVER. I’LL JUST WAIT AND YOU’LL COME OUT TALKING OUT YA A** AGAIN ABOUT WHATEVER BUT AGAIN I WANT TO KNOW WHAT IS RACIST ABOUT THIS COVER. You can’t tell me because you there is NOTHING RACIST ABOUT IT. YOU A FOLLOWER. QUIT JUMPING ALL AROUND THE QUESTION
I THINK YOU NEED TO LOOK UP RACISM IN THE DICTIONARY! IF YOU SO SURE IT’S RACIST PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE TELL US WHAT IS RACIST ABOUT THIS COVER.
Comment by solesaved — March 29, 2008 @ 9:09 pm
fam watz the point the answer 2 ur ? has already been answered by various other people so why would I waist the time to re-type watz already been said ? especially when they have already given YOU the answer & YOU still TOO Dumb, Stubborn or naive to see what’s RIGHT in front of ur face
Comment by jr — March 29, 2008 @ 10:00 pm
and since YOU want 2 talk about NOT answering ?’s do YOU see anything wrong w/ da whole MIKE VICK situation the star trek show or even the comments that white chick made about TIGER ? please please please tell us what YOU think about this
Comment by jr — March 29, 2008 @ 10:07 pm
The context: first cover of a black man on their magazine- Ever.
First time out, positive emotions on display or negative ones? Hmmmm. Negative? We all love LeBron, but lets not let that arrest us from shaming Annie Lebovitz and Vogue. They should know better. There are more than enough negative portrayals of black men in the media. Enough! Have some sense! There is a name for it: it is called “Race Baiting for Fun and Profit.” Time to call it what it is. To conclude that the cover is harmless is not possible unless one views it out of context.
Comment by Jane — March 29, 2008 @ 11:36 pm
i think they could of taken a different direction with the shot…not that its racist, but him wearing basketball attire isnt anything fashionable.If there is any racial issues we should be talkin bout, how about the Jena 6???
Comment by flyasthesky — March 29, 2008 @ 11:51 pm
i agree with jane somewhat. i dont think its racist but they ha to have known what was going to happen. this drwas more attention to them and this is exactly what they wanted. for all we know they could’ve released the rumors about racism. thats neither here nor there but the bottom line is they knew what they were doing
Comment by bkbigjay — March 30, 2008 @ 1:17 am
Junior 1nce again i’m not talkin about Mike Vick or Tiger Woods or freakin Star Trek i’M talking bout the TOPIC OF THIS POST. You said in comment 39 you showin ISH so What are you showin i’m not asking others i’m asking you also like “YOU” said it’s about not about how many people you ask and i’m not asking them i’m asking You you can’t point out what is Racist about this Cover because you don’t know and know why you can’t because there is Nothing Racist about it see you did just what i thought you would again start going in a whole other direction with the Micheal Vick & Stark Trek? Thats what people do when they do know what they really talking about they try and divert from the topic and without answering the real question my question ain’t about Mike Vick Tiger Woods or freakin Star Trek ! My back and forth with you is about The Vouge Lebron and Gisele cover! YOU CAN’T ANSWER BECAUSE YOU DON’T HAVE ONE so throw out some more insults and slick talk but i see you the real Dumb one the DUMB comment you made u can’t even back up. Like i said before you’re a FOLLOWER whoever even threw that King Kong & Racism statement out there in the first place you just got in line followed right along YOU AIN’T SHOWIN ISH YOU JUST TALKIN S*&T!
Comment by solesaved — March 30, 2008 @ 1:50 am
Some people can be real stupid!!! This is just a cover with famous people on the front. This is to let yall know there are still alot of racist people in the world. This is 2008, people need to let that RACIST CRAP go. Some people always trying to find something to talk negative about. Like people said above me, people have to much time on their hands and don’t have anything else to do but to talk negative. IT’S A REAL SHAME HOW SOME PEOPLE ACT!!!
Comment by lcsupa — March 30, 2008 @ 8:38 am
It is just racist people talking, trying to spread hype over something that is not even important. They don’t want to see a black man with a white woman on the front cover of a vogue magazine. Thats all it is, RACIST PEOPLE.
Comment by lcsupa — March 30, 2008 @ 8:48 am
to SS I answered ur ?’s in 61 YOU already know what I am going too say about the cover YOU urself hav already said it in 66 & other 1’s so again I ask Y do U continue 2 ask ?’s YOU alrea kno D AI#3 TOO ?
Comment by jr — March 30, 2008 @ 1:33 pm
Dum Dum That’S not a answer those are excuses and bunch or name calling and to avoid the topic i’m though wit you because it Really clear you don’t know what the H*ll you talking about i continue to ask you because YOU the 1 who said you showin ISH don’t tell me you showin ish and then when i asked you to show what you showin YOU START TALKIN ABOUT Mike Vick and FREAKIN STAR TREK? PLEASE! YOU BUFFIN YA GUMS AND I CALLED YOU OUT AND YOU STILL AND SAID A D*M THING ALL YOU’VE SHOWN IS HOW you DUM you really are YOU CAN’T FIND ANYTHING RACIST ABOUT THIS COVER LIKE I SAID ALL ALONG GIT YOURSELF A DICTIONARY AND LOOK UP THE WORD RACISM AGAIN YOU HYPE MAN A FOLLOWER WHOEVER YOU GOT IN LINE WITH ANY LITTLE STATMENT AND WANTED TO MAKE SOMETHING OUT OF NOTHING I’VE WORKED FOR THE NAACP SO I THINK I HAVE A LITTE BIT OF KNOWLEDGE ON RACISM AND THIS COVER IS JUST WHAT IT IS A COVER IT HAS NOTHING TO WITH RACISM. MAYBE IT WAS VOUGE WHO THREW THAT STATMENT OUT! TO BRING MORE ATTENTION AND GET MORE SALES OF THEY MAGAZINE AND YOU GOT IN LINE LIKE I SAID BEFORE AND FOLLOWED RIGHT ALONG ABOUT NOTHING “YOU” YEA YEA THIS COVER IS RACIST BUT YOU COULDN’T EXPLAIN WHAT RACIST ABOUT! YOU THREW OUT A STATEMENT OUT OF YOUR MOUTH THAT YOU CAN’T BACK UP AND MOST OF ALL OF THE COMMENTS ON HERE IS SAYIN THE SAME THING BEACUSE THEY CAN REALIZE WHEN IT A BUNCH OR NOTHING! RACISM IS ALIVE AND WELL BUT IT DOESN’T APPLY TO THIS COVER JUST BECAUSE ITS WAS BLACK MAN AND A WHITE WOMEN ON IT. LAST AND FINAL TIME!
YOU AIN’T SHOWIN ISH YOU JUST TALKIN SH*T!
Comment by solesaved — March 30, 2008 @ 3:35 pm
fam YOU type retarded NCAAP yea right
1)those R excuses& bucnh or name callin (WTF) is that
2)i’m though wit U (WTF)
3)buffin ya gums (WTF)it’s BUMPING ya GUMS
4)and YOU still said a DAM thing (WTF)
5)b/c they realize when it a bunch OR nothing (WTF)
last but NOT least did YOU even read my last comment # 69 cuz i didn’t mention VICK ST or TIGER in it but I did say U already know my answer
Comment by jr — March 30, 2008 @ 3:58 pm
but maybe ur NOT as fast on the uptake as I thought they are portraying all these diff stereotypes the angry blk man also the whole KK element w/ the “white” girl in 1 hand ball in the other might as well having him holding some bananas too but YOu probably THINK they were advertising the benefits of Potassium
Comment by jr — March 30, 2008 @ 4:05 pm
if i was him i would undress her in my benz! ya digg
Comment by Scott — March 30, 2008 @ 4:41 pm
Wow, absolutely nothing racist about the cover. I do think that Vogue should of picked a different pose. But c’mon. Lebron has on his GAME face. Any sports player has their own personal GAME face. And man his hands! Look at how his hand is RESTED on Giselle’s hip and NOT grabbing her help. That should of been a 1st sign that this isn’t racist. And JR. You need to stop yapping and just answer home dudes question as to why you think the cover is racist. If you would just answer it from the 1st time he has you it then you wouldn’t have this whole argument with him. Man people just always over exaggerate what they want and need to say. HAHA. And only Vick. I didn’t follow up on his situation too much. All I know is that he got in trouble for dog fight. Right? Yeah. He deserves to get in trouble. Dog fight is a form of animal abuse. It’s just as bad as that dumb asz marine throwing that puppy off the cliff. And man Star Trek??? Racist or not. If those african american thought there was anything racist at all with their role then maybe they should of said something. But they’re getting paid $$$ for that role. So, “they doing what they gotta do. So they can do what they wanna do” (quoted by denzel washington, =] ) I’m sure if you was given the chance to work or do something for a sh!t load of cash, you would take up the offer too. As long as that “task” doesn’t harm you or another individual. Well, this is all I gotta say. =P
Comment by SimpleThingz21 — March 30, 2008 @ 5:21 pm
That is the stupidest idea I have ever heard. I am sure that if the photographer meant to spread a racist message, neither Lebron or Gisele would agree to it. The person that came up with the idea is also racist for trying comparing Lebron to a gorilla just because he is black. Lebron is being portrayed with a game face, and Gisele being portrayed as a beautiful model.
Also, I saw the cover before this contrenersy and never did I see anything wrong with it.
Comment by A — March 30, 2008 @ 5:41 pm
to A I wouldn’t expect some1 who does not know there is a V in controversy to see the racist undertones of this magazine cover but A i’m just saying
Comment by jr — March 30, 2008 @ 5:57 pm
I do have a problem with the cover. For people who say that it is just a cover, these people can not be african american. This country was built on the blood of africans and native americans. There is still a lot of wrongs that need to be right when it comes to people of coler. The cover feeds in to a bad stereotype. When black men get money and fame they have to have a white women on there arm. To me that is a shame. when black people are told they look like monkeys and white women are looked as the model of beauty in this country it is sad. Thats what is being said. For example (Reggie Bush)
Comment by lou — March 30, 2008 @ 9:01 pm
To comment 77. They HAVE to have a wht woman in their arms? What exactly are you trying to say? Everyone has a right to get involve or get into business with anyone they want. They’re not told to do business or whaeva wit someone that’s wht, blk, brown, yellow. Da hell. Juz dat one line of urs doesn’t make sense. And if da person is stupid enuff to listen to wha others say den das their fault. So, cud u explain to me wha exactly ur tryna say by dat one line?
Comment by SimpleThingz21 — March 30, 2008 @ 10:26 pm
Yo.. What jane said (63) was the most relevant answer. For this to be the first black man on the cover is stereotypical and wrong. Vogue obviously didnt take into context the meaning of this photo. To have a basketball player as the initial representation of black men and then make him again stereotypically angry is if anything, insensitive.im not gonna go as far to say that its King Kong re-enacted but ask yourself, why this pose? What does this have to do with bodies and why the f*** is he so angry. if this is about bodies why does Lebron have on baggy basketball clothes and Giselle have on a long dress. Not much of either body is shown and no correlation between great bods and this picture is made when you first see the cover.
Comment by !3R@Nd0 — March 30, 2008 @ 10:27 pm
IMO, this cover absolutely detracts from the magazine contents and its own image of Shape. I don’t see racism, but I sure as hell would not have chosen that pose. Then again, I believe it was done ON PURPOSE to create attention. As I learned in my college classes, “there is no such thing as negative publicity.” Let’s be honest here, there is no way that a well-known photographer with tons of experience took that shot by accident. Let’s not forget Shape had to approve of it, too, before it was published.
Me, I was turned off by the cover for this weak attempt of creating buzz. And yeah, for someone VERY familiar with King Kong movies, this image is EXACTLY that! Let’s not get it twisted. If you disagree, then you have another movie to order up on your list of netflix.
Lastly, those shoes are dope. Like them a lot.
Comment by TechNutt — March 31, 2008 @ 12:49 am
“Junior” I see why your called junior you talk a big game but still to small. No matter if you bigger or older you still Jr. Stay outta Sr conversations SON! It’s BUFFIN son to make things seem bigger than they are like BUFFIN OUT YA CHEST OR BUFFIN out RACIST STATEMENTS OF A MAGAZINE COVER BUT I FORGOT YOU JR YOU DON’T UNDERSTAND THE MEANING OF THE WORDS YET! I will admit i have misspelled a couple of word in a bunch of my comments who hasn’t but i see YOU want to go and play School Teacher too then since you checking homework & comments for spelling you might wanna check your own comment 71 get that word “BUNCH” SPELLED RIGHT and while you still SPELL CHECKING my comments you might ya check comment 48 or YOURS last line “Not THEIR” or is it Not There but i guess you were too Busy seeing the RACIST UNDERTONES OF THE MAGAZINE TO NOTICE YOUR MISTAKES YOU AIN’T SHOWIN ISH YOU JUST TALKING S*&T!
Comment by solesaved — March 31, 2008 @ 12:53 am
I BEING A BLACK WOMAN SEE NOTHING WRONG WITH THE PHOTO OTHER THAT ITS VOGUE AND I WOULD PREFER HE HAD BEEN IN A SUIT AND MAYBE SHE IN A B-BALL UNIFORM, I THINK THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN COOL. IF THE INTENTION WAS TO CAUSE CONTROVERSY THEN I BLAME LEBRON FOR NOT SAYING I WON’T BE A PART OF THIS OR I WOULD PREFER YOU NOT USE THAT SHOT OR SOMETHING TO THAT EFFECT, AND TO BKBIGJAY YOU SHOULD BE EMBARRASSED THAT YOU NATURAL ASSUME THAT SOMEONE BLK SAW THE COVER AND STARTED THIS CONTROVERSY, SHAME ON YOU FOR STEROTYPING. SINCE WE CAN’T CURSE THE TERM I WILL USE FOR YOU IN MY HEAD ENDS WITH HOLE. YOU CAN FIGURE IT OUT.
Comment by JILL NJACK — March 31, 2008 @ 2:57 am
truly the dumbest sh*t ever .. yea, they’re trying to make him look like King Kong. Give me a f*cking break ..
Comment by DG — March 31, 2008 @ 8:20 am
I normally don’t respond to anything via computer but this is radicals.I totally agree with the people that are saying “these people who came up with this issue obviously have too much time on there hands”. I’m so tired of the race conversations, especially with this whole presidential election. All people are making it about is race, when thats not what any of this is about, and should not be peoples main focus.In both situations there is a bigger pitcher but these people can not take the time to see it, because there so blinded by unimportant things. I personally think its a beautiful thing to see two different people, from two different backgrounds come together. like someone else stated its history for vogue and people should appreciate that.
Comment by mekka — March 31, 2008 @ 10:14 am
It’s amazing someone name JUNIOR who can SEE the RACIST UNDERTONES of a Magazine and taking about how Retarded i’m typing but in COMMENT 72 can’t EVEN SPELL “NAACP” right LOL. but HE calling Me RETARDED! YOU NEED TO QUIT! The only ISH YOU SHOWIN IS HOW REALLY DUMB YOU ARE!
Comment by solesaved — March 31, 2008 @ 10:33 am
check this image, for all of you who dont see what the problem is
king kong
Comment by inkognito — March 31, 2008 @ 11:40 am
see that NAACP part was a joke YOU I was mocking YOU but wateva also again wit da junior SH*T ok that’s gettin OLD ok granted I made mistakes NOT nearly as many or as GRAND as YOU but wateva as long as I get the important ish CORRECT that’s all dat really matters to me like KNOWING when some1 or in this case a magazine cover is trying to insult me be it what I consider BLATANT but too others may come off as SUBLIMINAL & too YOU as NOTHING more than a (PER-TEE) PICTURE
Comment by jr — March 31, 2008 @ 12:05 pm
1st I highly doubt ur BLACK but if YOU are then it’s NOT my fault ur TOO dumb to know when ur being INSULTED and again that junior SH*T is weak & gettin OLD quick HURRY & come up wit some thing NEW STAT
Comment by jr — March 31, 2008 @ 12:10 pm
You can DOUBT whatever you want I DON’T HAVE TO PROVE SH*T TO YOU! I really don’t care what race YOU are YOU Still DUMB! YOUR LITTLE INSULTS DON’T EVEN MATTER TO ME BECAUSE EVERY TIME YOU TRY AND SAY SOMETHING BACK YOU LOOK MORE STUPID YOU TRY AND CALL SOMEONE STUPID, DUMB, RETARDED AND THEN YOU WANNA TRY AND SPELL CHECK COMMENTS ABOUT MY SPELLING WHEN YOU CAN’T EVEN SPELL “NAACP” READ COMMENTS #82 AN #86 AGAIN BEFORE YOU GO CALLING NAME. I DON’T NEED TO COME UP WITH ANYTHING NEW I JUST WAIT FOR YOU TO RESPOND AND USE “YOUR OWN WORDS” TO SHOW HOW DUMB YOU REALLY ARE.
Comment by solesaved — March 31, 2008 @ 1:51 pm
seems like sum1 is gettin a lil aggie can’t let ur EMOTIONS get da best of YOU like MYA & WTF R U talkin about I didn’t even insult “NO VOGUE did that”
1)Before YOU go calling name (WTF)?
Comment by j.r. — March 31, 2008 @ 2:34 pm
JUNIOR I’M JUST USING THE NAME YOU GOT I DIDN’T GIVE IT TO YOU HOW IS IT GETTING OLD. Junior is what you sayin ya name is RIGHT! The NAACP Part was a joke quit lying! You GOT IT wrong then gonna try and say you was mocking me “PLEASE” then you gonna try and play spell checker AND POINT OUT MY SPELLING MISTAKE WHEN YOUR OWN SH*T FULL OF MISTAKES and then say Oh’ i didn’t mispell as many as words as you SO THAT MAKES IT OKAY I GOT THE IMPORTANT ONES RIGHT PLEASE! That shows once again how DUMB YOU ARE! YOU TALKING I’M ABLE TO SEE THE RACIST UNDERTONES OF THE MAGAZINE CRAP AND YOU SHOWIN US CLOSED MINDED PEOPLE ISH YOU AIN’T SHOWNIN ISH OR JUST TALKIN SH*T YOU JUST FULL OF SH*T LEARN HOW TO SPELL NAACP!
Comment by solesaved — March 31, 2008 @ 2:53 pm
if YOU learned to look b4 U leap YOU would have seen I made the change to my name in my last post note J.R. NOT junior 2nd YOU kind of late responding to that post aren’t ya I mean I wrote dat b4 U made post #90 same thing for the NAACP part but U just now bringing dat ish up wateva since YOU clearly seem 2 B a couple of STEPS behind (which would explain Y U don’t see the racist part of this photo) i’ll wait for YOU to READ all my posts & then comment on wat I said b4 I post N E THING towards U again
Comment by j.r. — March 31, 2008 @ 4:01 pm
i’m guessing U R 1 of those guys who gets the punchline in jokes about 3mins after everybody else & the metaphors in raps like yr later like O dats wat he was talkin bout yo dat sh*t HOTT
Comment by j.r. — March 31, 2008 @ 4:04 pm
comments to 79 from 78. People can do bizz with who they want to. im cool with that. what i am talking about is a country that dosnt show black a beautiful. dont say Haley Berry she half black and wht. wht women are looked upon as the model of beauty. when black men do well in life, if it is money of fame they feel they have fit that mode. That dose not apply to all but there are many who feel this is the way to go. That feeds in to the sterotype. Get with someone for love not because of status.
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100th comment. thats good luck. once again, it was not racist, they must’ve done it purposely to cause controversy, but like nicekicks said, its all about perception
Comment by bkbigjay — March 31, 2008 @ 7:44 pm
I seen how you wrote it and it still JUNIOR and just like you see the racist undertones of this magazine i see your Name being JUNIOR and there is not joke to get you ain’t tell jokes to get laughs but i’m laughing because you the joke yourself with all your comments and I just used YOUR OWN COMMENTS TO SHOW WHO REALLY IS BEHIND AND NOW YOU GOT YOUR PANTIES IN A BUNCH BECAUSE I WON’T SPELL YOUR NAME THE WAY YOU THINK I SHOULD. BEHIND YOU PLEASE! YOU THE ONE WHO COULD SPOT RACISM IN A MAGAZINE AND I ASK YOU WHAT IS RACIST ABOUT THIS COVER AND SINCE YOU SAID YOU SHOWIN ISH TO PLEASE SHOW ME WHAT YOU SUPPOSED TO BE SHOWIN AND YOU COME BACK TALKING ABOUT “STAR TREK” AND YOUR THE ONE WHO SPELL CHECKS COMMENTS AND TRY MAKE JOKES ABOUT MY SPELLING AND YOU TELL ME I’M TOO DUMB TO AND YOU CAN’T HELP IF I CAN’T SEE ITS “NOT THEIR” BUT YOU SPELL CHECK COMMENT AND DON’T EVEN KNOW THE CORRECT “NOT THERE” YOU SHOULD USE AND I’M GUESSING BUT I REALLY DON’T CARE IF YOU ARE OR NOT BUT IF YOU ARE BLACK AS A BLACK MAN YOU GO AND SPELL “NAACP” WRONG YOU’RE THE AUTHORITY ON A RACIST MAGAZINE COVER AND RACISM AND SPELL CHECKING BUT YOU CAN’T SPELL “NAACP” BUT I’M BEHIND YOU NEG GRO PLEASE!!! I BEEN IN FRONT OF YOU SINCE YOUR FIRST COMMENT “JUNIOR” LIKE I SAID BEFORE AND I’LL SAY IT AGAIN YOU AIN’T SHOWIN ISH OR TALKING SH*T YOU JUST FULL OF SH*T!
Comment by solesaved — March 31, 2008 @ 10:43 pm
Wow… This sure has caused a bit of a stir, eh?
Now, I’m not gonna sit back and try and tell you that no one should feel bad about this because, like nicekicks said, it’s all about perception. However, I do wonder why everyone is making such a big deal about this cover. Now, it may be because I’m white (and judging by some of the opinions on this board, that alone qualifies me for being one of the lowest form of beings on the planet… or at least the most hateful) but i don’t really see where people get off saying that Lebron “The King” James looks like King Kong. I think it shows him as the athlete he is. That’s his game face people. That’s him being him.
Also, let’s get things straight around here. For those of you calling Giselle a WHITE woman, well that’s being racists and stereotypical as well. She’s Brazilian which, last time I checked, isn’t an Anglo country.
Remember kids, racism is racism, and calling a Brazilian woman White is still racists, even if your skin is Black.
I never would’ve thought to put Lebron and King Kong together if someone wasn’t so adamantly pointing it out. Heck, All the people who are busy blaming “The Man” about this one might want to stop and think that maybe it’s “The Man” pointing all of this crap out to make you mad and create more of a buzz. And if that is the case, then he just won. And here we all our, arguing about who’s racist while they roll in the cash we make them by giving a ish about their product.
And to the guy that said any black person over 60 would “obviously” call this racist, I gotta say, not that I lived through that time, but wouldn’t they see this more as a progression through the times? Wouldn’t this be a much more celebrated thing? He’s a basketball player. He’s got a ball. His pose is dominant because HE IS A DOMINANT MAN ON THE COURT. Not because he is a monkey, because he is a man. It looks like the classic “Beauty and the Beast” pose that’s been done for years (might I also add that this pose has been done with WHITE people? Mainly rockstars, for their DOMINANT behavior).
Of course, this is just my perception, and everyone here has a right to their own perception, but if we’re going to throw out issues about race, I just thought I’d include that quip about Giselle. Y’all take care and God bless all of you.
Comment by Steve — April 1, 2008 @ 3:52 am
im talking to comment 102. Giselle is Brazilan but her ansestry is European. There are black people in brazil. There ansestry is african. It Has nothing to do with were she is from. If she was in a line up with white women you would not know were she is from, you would see another white women. Race and culture are two different things.Culture is life style,race is what group of people you come from. A black man from Germany is german but he is still a black man. People from PR are another example. IF you know there History you know they are a combo of three race groups African,Taino(native) and spanish(European). when you go there you see black people white people and mixed. They all have there culture in comen but they are still different. Black people from PR are not treated the same as whites in Pr and there is a difference. History is what it is learn from it. And your not being looked at as a bad person but facts are facts. it knowing your history and as a black man i take the time to know it. Take care Brother
Comment by lou — April 1, 2008 @ 5:13 am
to steve I see ir point but I wouldn’t BUY a VOGUE magazine or any other magazine nay way so they ain’t gettin rich off of me by making a RACIST cover i’m just pointing OUT how racist it is so HOPEFULLY others won’t be unaware of watz REALLy going on
Comment by j.r. — April 1, 2008 @ 3:49 pm
WTF R U talkin bout YOU act as if I didn’t already answer ur ? in post #73 also when was da last time I brought up the Vick STrek or Tiger thing YOU keep bringing it up I mean watz da point of ur LAST POST?? DO U work 4 EA N particular MADDEN b/c all YOU did was take a bunch of OLD quotes from ur previous POSTS & re-hash them as if they were NEW that seems way TOO familar but N E ways this ish is OFFICIALLY DEAD until you bring up something NEW!!!
Comment by j.r. — April 1, 2008 @ 3:58 pm
I agree with some of the comments that older black people would see the racism. You can’t pass judgment and tell them that these type of things don’t happen anymore and not to look into it. They grew up in a time when things like happened all to often. There eyes are fixed. Lets not all think racism is dead either. Every played a game of Halo?
Instead of dwelling on the cover, we should question why Lebron is the third black man to be on Vouge? If anything were racist, I would image that is.
Comment by DizzyNYC — April 1, 2008 @ 4:36 pm
wow diz wack y u thank diz is racist i seen racist stuff and this isnt. just drop da subject
Comment by soulie17 — April 1, 2008 @ 5:34 pm
To comment “95″. I understand your point. Good talk?? Haha. Anyways, I have one more comment and question bout racism. Since this is what this whole debate and controversy is about. Are there any blk person here who uses the world “nigga” towards their friends? I just have one thing to say about this. Everytime I hear that word come out of an african american’s mouth (and every other ethnic) I just wanna slap you guys in the face. Everyday I hear that word. Especially from a black person. You guys are f’n hypocrits. Don’t get all mad when you hear a non-african american say it. Cause you needa shut your mouth and find a new vocab as well. I don’t use it. I don’t tolerate for any of my friends to use it either. But I just especially hate it when I hear it from a blk person. It is not okay to use the “n” word. Whether you spell it with or without the “er” I just needed to get that off my chest. =]
Comment by SimpleThingz21 — April 1, 2008 @ 8:23 pm
Junior “You the one who keeps bringing up all the different topics i’m talking about the topic of the post The Vouge Cover i see you think like a Jr too before it was Star Trek i only watched muthafkin Star Trek once or twice and that’s all i needed to watch to determine that i didn’t like it so i didn’t see the racist undertones episode of that one either and i don’t listen to Hip Hop to just to hear Metaphors like u do and i don’t have don’t the current edition of Madden football either so all the things you are referring maybe one of these is your dream when you GROW UP! Then since you a rap superstar and you know all the Sh*t i don’t maybe you might remember this one I ain’t mad at chu do ya thing boy! be whatever you wanna be maybe you want to grow up and be Captain Kirk so “YOU” can get with all the women and release all that RACIAL FUSTRATION! who knows but one thing i do know is you can’t be SHOWIN US ISH AND SEE ALL THE RACIST UNDERTONES IN ANYTHING WITH BLACK AND WHITE RACE AND BE THE ONE TO SHOW US THE CLOSED MINDED PEOPLE THE TRUTH! YOU CAN’T BE TRYING TO CORRECT OTHERS ON THEIR SPELLING AND SPELL CHECKING COMMENTS FOR MISTAKES TO TRY AND USE AGAINST THEM AND LIKE I SAID BEFORE I DON’T KNOW IF YOU ARE OR NOT BUT YOU CAN’T BE A BLACK MAN AND YET DON’T KNOW HOW TO SPELL “NAACP” DUMBMUTAF! I WILL ADMIT YOU HAVE SHOWN ME SOME ISH AS YOU WOULD SAY THAT YOU ARE FULL OF SH*T DUMB A** I’M DONE NO MORE COMMENTS
Comment by SoleSaved — April 1, 2008 @ 8:58 pm
name callin dats B*TCH move straight up like 6:00 clock
callin me a DUMB MUTHA F***ER from da safety of ur COMPUTER chair is PUSS C and YOU just PROVING YOU SOFT if U got problem wit anything I said come to QUEENS Far Rockaway R.I.P STACK BUNDLES I’ll personally give YOU directions
just let me kno?
Comment by j.r. — April 1, 2008 @ 9:24 pm
Hey here’s something interesting related to this image. if you click on the link below:
This was a WWI propaganda poster for enlistment in the US Army. A dribbling, ape-like German wielding a club bearing the word “kultur” and wearing a pickelhaube helmet with the word “militarism” is walking onto the shore of America while holding a half-naked woman in his grasp (possible meant to depict Liberty). This is a US version of an earlier British poster with the same image. Dated ca 1917.
Comment by F.M — April 3, 2008 @ 12:30 pm
Cmon fellas don’t partake in internet beef that’s just lame. As far as the mag cover it definitely portrays the beauty and the beast theme. There is no problem with this but you must remember through out history African Americans have been depicted as beast/animals. So even though the intent of the photo may not be racist the past may easily cause a misconception.
Comment by Nasty-Naj — April 3, 2008 @ 1:43 pm
JUNIOR “RIP STACK BUNDLES” You gonna try and MAN up and call me PUSS E and soft Then you gonna PAUSE FOR A MOMENT OF SILENCE to throw out a “RIP STACK BUNDLES IN THE SAME COMMENT” LMAO NEG GRO PLEASE! Like i said before ya name fits you perfect because ya mind thinks like a Junior OR is it j.r. now i see ya change it up since your first few comments don’t know what you wanna call ya self i think ya better go watch ya Star Trek DVD COLLECTION or go PLAY SOME MADDEN ON YA PLAYSTION i don’t get into beef with LITTLE BOYS THIS I SNEAKER SITE NOT FIGHT CLUB i guess this is ya GANGSTA RAP SUPERSTAR EGO NOW TALKIN BIG AND SHOUTIN SLAIN RAP ARTIST AND TRYING OUT YA INTERNET GANGSTA WHEN YA ALBUM COMING OUT SON. My comments must have Really hit a SOFT SPOT IN THE QUEEN OF QUEENS And Now you got ya panties in bunched up again and talkin about come to queens I GIVE YOU A LITTLE INFO I DONE BEEN TO QUEENS SO YOU CAN KEEP YA LITTLE DIRECTIONS MY POPS IS FROM NEW YORK SO I BEEN COMING TO NEW YORK FOR THE LAST 10 YEARS MUTHF*&%#! I GOT FAM IN QUEENS AND BROOKLYN SO YOU AIN’T SAID SH*T CAUSE YOU IN NEW YORK AND I’LL BE BACK IN NY IN JUNE SCHENECTABY AVE (718) BROOKLYN
Comment by SoleSaved — April 3, 2008 @ 6:27 pm
Nasty-Naj I hear ya Your point well Put and Taken like MOST of comments on here EVERYBODY GONNA SEE DIFFERENT THINGS ABOUT THE COVER! Its just some THAT THINK EVERYTHING WITH BLACK AND WHITE IS ABOUT RACISM OR RACIST OR SELLING OUT.
Comment by SoleSaved — April 3, 2008 @ 6:43 pm
so fam watz really gud? kno e nuff of dis talk let me kno when YOU wanna get meet up 4 a breif discussion just let me kno
Comment by j.r. — April 3, 2008 @ 8:53 pm
so fam watz really gud? e nuff of dis typin ish let me kno when YOU wanna meet up 4 a breif face 2 face discussion just let me kno
Comment by j.r. — April 3, 2008 @ 8:54 pm
^^^ I’m an African American female and at first glance I just found this cover to VERY unattractive but it didn’t cause me to feel offended. After doing research and finding the image above, I feel that while it may not have been deliberate the Vogue cover obviously has racist “undertones” in that it touches on the old social images of African Americans being “monkeys” or “animals”, along with the image of animalistic black males “lusting” after the sacred white woman. Since a lot of younger people frequent this site I would not expect for many here to relate to the fact that COUNTLESS black men were lynched due to the belief of the image depicted on this Vogue cover.
Again, I don’t necessarily think it was intentional on behalf of Vogue but on the anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King’s assassination I’d like to acknowledge that racism lives on in several forms that are now UNDERLYING. The KKK doesn’t wear white sheets anymore…they wear suits and work in the media.
P.S. To those who would argue that the model is Brazilian and therefore not a “white” woman…it’s more about PERCEPTION! The average person doesn’t look at this cover and see a woman who is Brazilian…they see a ‘white-skinned’ woman.
Comment by nikeindabutt — April 4, 2008 @ 10:01 am
This is the picture I was referring to:
Comment by nikeindabutt — April 4, 2008 @ 10:03 am
^^^ lols the pic up there x]
Comment by johnny11358 — April 5, 2008 @ 12:34 am
This sentence makes no sense.
“Immediately after the release of the cover artwork, issues and questions arose if the photo taken by famed photographer Annie Leibovitz for Vogue’s “Shape Issue” which has a multiple page spread featuring world class athletes and acclaimed models.”
if the photo taken… what? Verb?
Comment by Lenny — April 6, 2008 @ 12:20 pm
I just want to point out that this argument/discussion wouldn’t be occurring if it wasn’t for the pose of Lebron James. I don’t know if it cannot be MORE OBVIOUS. His mouth widely agape while firmly grasping Gisele around her waist is all too clear cut and similar to the photo of King Kong. (thanks for J.M and nikeindabutt for showing this comparison.)
I still believe this picture was shot on purpose.
Comment by TechNutt — April 6, 2008 @ 3:29 pm
I didn’t notice it until the comparisons were made. As harsh and insensitive racism can be for many people especially blacks, why would they do this? LIKE THEY DIDN’T EXPECT THIS COVER TO START A CONTROVERSY! The Vogue execs knew better. Why wasn’t Gisele depicted in a different color dress? Or maybe hangin off LJ’s right arm. There is a blatant disrespect for black men here.
They most certainly could’ve been more creative and created a cover more tasteful that doesn’t offend anyone.
How fine is Gisele though!
Comment by Max — April 11, 2008 @ 11:26 am
It is no surprise that people have the mentality that nothing is wrong with this picture. This is equivalent to myself and a European person walking inside Macy’s and another European will acknowledge another European but won’t acknowledge me. I immediately become offended and the European will say something foolish and ignorant like, why are you offended? Stop walking with a chip on your shoulder?
Afrikan people have chips on both shoulders and then some due to the consistent amount of injustices that we face on a daily basis that Europeans do not face nor can they relate to it. Thus, I expect ignorant responses like, I didn’t notice it, or Black people are too sensitive or the dumbest response so far: “I bet Al Sharpton is behind this”.
Then you have miseducated Afrikans (Black people) who are saying that they’re Black and they’re not offended by the front cover. These are the same people who don’t think anything is wrong with racial profiling (they probably do not know what racial profiling is). In America, there’s a saying that goes, “Ignorance is Bliss”. In Ancient Afrika, there’s a saying that goes, “Our people perish for a lack of knowledge”. This is what our situation is…because Lebron James doesn’t know any better, he took a photo like that. If he knew his history, we wouldn’t be involved in such a discussion.
Comment by AsrAku — April 11, 2008 @ 11:10 pm
This so-called model is completely unappealing. At least in my eyes. Brazilian?? Please…She’s a European (White) woman. I’m sure she wants to get stroked by an Afrikan, but doesn’t want all the things that comes with being with an Afrikan or being Afrikan in and of itself.
It’s so sad that Afrikans feel that Racism no longer exists. It’s like the wise sistah (comment #117 {good lookin’ out nikeindabutt}) the KKK doesn’t wear white sheets anymore. They’re our lawyers, Doctor’s, real estate agents, editors, our writers and so forth.
Comment by AmenRa — April 11, 2008 @ 11:19 pm
1. really, please. They didn’t even take the picture together. And She’s smiling
2. they’ve only been 3 black men on the cover because only 3 black men read VOGUE
3. VOGUE doesn’t have time to be making racial gestures against blacks
4. Black folks need to stop this nonsense. 2008 not 1908
Comment by disgruntled — June 3, 2008 @ 2:30 pm