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The Black & White of Fashion | Essence Cover Controversey
By Angela Jung
Essence is a magazine made for African-American females, and until just recently, made by them, too. Essence recently hired a new fashion director; however, many are upset to learn that the position has been filled by someone who is white, Ellianna Placas. Would it have been fair to deny Placas the opportunity to work for Essence because of her skin colour? Some seem to think it so.
A former Essence fashion editor, Michaela Angela Davis, has this to say about the recent news:
It's with a heavy heart I've learned Essence Magazine has engaged a white Fashion Director. I love Essence and I love fashion. I hate this news and this feeling. It hurts, literally. The fashion industry has historically been so hostile to black people-especially women. The 1 seat reserved for black women once held by Susan Taylor, Ionia Dunn-Lee, Harriette Cole(+ me) is now...It's a dark day for me. How do you feel? From Fashion Bomb Daily
Did I mention that she posted this note on her Facebook wall? Quite discrete.
Placas has formerly worked for O: The Oprah Magazine and US Weekly and has been praised for her creativity, vision and respect for the Eesence brand, chimed Essence Editor-in-Chief, Angela Burt Murray.
Many readers are saying that the position should only be filled by someone black since every other magazine has white fashion directors. And Essence, being a place that celebrates the uniqueness of black women, should also hire only African-Americans.
What do you think? Is this racial discrimination?
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