Jay Midnyte

Last week the new issue of Vogue Magazine featuring Lebron James and Gisele Bundchen generated some controversy as to whether it was playing on racist stereotypes.

From Show Biz Blog:
“…the mag’s new cover of basketball great LeBron James and model Gisele Bundchen has some fuming. The image shows a screaming, basketball-dribbling African American giant with his arm around a blonde beauty.

Calling it a modern-day interpretation of King Kong and Fay Wray, Feministe website writer Ali Eteraz referred to the image by Annie Leibovitz as “King James Turned Into King Kong.” She also said the cover “fulfills every racist stereotype in the world: primal screaming, white-girl carrying, black beast.”

Russell Simmons played down this notion stating:

The great American hero, Elijah Muhammad, once told a story of people who have been chained for so long that when those chains are lose, the person barely moves. This could be the reason why some can't see a black president as a reality and some can't see a picture of a supermodel and a super-athlete as attractive. (link)

Hmmm. What yall think?