Fashion and social commentary

Apr 28, 2007 09:24

Israeli fashion house 'Irit' has this picture up at their main page.


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international, beauty, media, africa, wtf?, racism

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likeawoman April 28 2007, 14:42:28 UTC
ugh, not only completely unacceptable but so played out that it's shocking they're still riding the same imagery after all this time.

the fact that it's Bar Rafaeli just makes me inexplicably mad at Leonardo DiCaprio and I was already pissed at him for Blood Diamond.

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skywardprodigal April 28 2007, 15:52:02 UTC
they're still riding the same imagery after all this time.

I'm sorry if I misunderstand, but are you stating that Irit rolls like this on a regular basis?!

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likeawoman April 28 2007, 16:02:02 UTC
oh, no, I wasn't even familiar with Irit til this post. I meant that this is the same old racist imagery that's been present in white culture for ages. black people as servants/props, white people lording over them. it just amazes me that the repetition of these kind of blatantly racist images still hasn't cause that *click* in so many people's minds, you know? goes to show the power of privilege as a motivator of willful ignorance.

it's terrible that a region as diverse and potentially inclusive as that of Palestine has become dominated by white hegemony, both politically/militarily and culturally. then again, the appearance and cultivation of Whiteness on the part of Israel probably goes a long way in stirring pro-Israeli sentiment and us/them feelings in the western nations whose support is being courted.

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skywardprodigal April 28 2007, 16:26:51 UTC
then again, the appearance and cultivation of Whiteness on the part of Israel probably goes a long way in stirring pro-Israeli sentiment and us/them feelings in the western nations whose support is being courted.

*nods*

That's probably exactly what it is.

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likeawoman April 28 2007, 16:28:52 UTC
ugh, what a world...

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skywardprodigal April 28 2007, 17:28:22 UTC
Yeah. It's hard going. But we're here and, hopefully, not serving someone coffee in our skivvies (or brushing their weave).

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skywardprodigal April 28 2007, 17:35:55 UTC
...Unlike the other models in there. *sigh*

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