Vogue has a race problem. It can't be fixed with a few token black models | Priya Elan
Anna Wintour has apologized to black creatives for their treatment at the magazine. But will words turn into actions?
by Priya Elan
Jun 16, 2020
3 minutes
In the current climate filled with so much black trauma, there’s a special significance in the Vogue Challenge – a celebration of black beauty and black bodies. The concept is simple: reimagining celebrated Vogue covers with yourself in place of the model or the celebrity. The challenge, which began on in May, then went viral on and , producing hundreds of covers. The and of of the were undeniable – and made you think black beauty would never to black creatives: “Vogue has not found enough ways to elevate and give space to black editors, writers, photographers, designers and other creators.”
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