Topic: race

Ondria Hardin Wearing Blackface For Numéro Fashion Shoot Due To Obvious Shortage Of Black Models

Ondria Hardin Wearing Blackface For Numéro Fashion Shoot Due To Obvious Shortage Of Black Models

In March’s issue of Numéro France, 16-year-old Ondria Hardin was photographed by Sebastian Kim wearing blackface for an editorial called, “African Queen.” The makeup, done by artist Maud Laceppe, would be otherwise gorgeous had it not included an allover, head-to-toe shade of brown foundation painted on the white model’s skin. More »

How To Laugh Appropriately In Django Unchained

How To Laugh Appropriately In  Django Unchained

Director Quentin Tarantino appears to have decided to tackle every human atrocity, beginning with the Holocaust in Inglourious Basterds, and now, in Django Unchained, moving back to slavery. I don’t know about you, but I am very excited for the anachronistic soundtrack that will be featured in his Spanish Inquisition movie. He’s also doing this really, really well. And as with most movies that are done really well, there are moments in Django that are laugh out loud funny. Unfortunately, that means you are probably laughing at someone of some race dying or seeming very likely to die. No matter when you are laughing, you are laughing at the wrong time. It is always the wrong time. It is the wrong time for three hours of this movie. You are having a Django moment.

Here are some solutions to that. More »

Men Tell Us: If They Would Ever Date Outside Their Race (Happy MLK Day)

Men Tell Us: If They Would Ever Date Outside Their Race (Happy MLK Day)

Martin Luther King Day has us reflecting upon how far we’ve come in terms of race in America. Are we judging people on the content of their character and not the color of our skin? What about when it comes to interracial dating? We asked our man panel whether they’d ever dated outside their race, and, well, maybe we haven’t come that far after all.

(Though we should note that the majority of our man panel is Caucasian, and it would be interesting to see a study where this was not the case). More »