Kanye west's multiracial requestMany Kanye West fans (and/or haters) had a lot to say about his casting call that he tweeted two days ago. He posted an image that specified he wanted multiracial models only which caused a stir.
Kanye's "multiracial women only" creates controversy in the modeling industry due to black women being underrepresented. Though statistics prove that the representation of black women in the fashion industry is increasing, black women are still severely underrepresented. Only 8 percent of black women walked the runways in the 2015 Fashion Week. Some assume he doesn't want darker skinned women to model is clothes line. One girl protested on the streets of New York who wrote on her body "They want black features not black girls!" Kanye West is unfairly excluding darker women and is looking for lighter women.
On the other hand, many can argue that Kanye has a vision and he should just fulfill it. Some believe that the tweet was taken out of context and that he was not trying to be racist. I believe that if the wording was different, like "multiracial women preferred" rather than ONLY, then men and women would not have seen this as so offensive. |