As long as the mind is enslaved, the body can never be free. Psychological freedom, a firm sense of self-esteem, is the most powerful weapon against the long night of physical slavery.
~ MARTIN LUTHER KING
Vogue is no stranger to offensive features.
In the past we've seen FrenchVogue do blackface on supermodel Lara Stone in 2009...
AmericanVogue portrayed LeBron James as King Kong in 2008...
...and IndianVogue put a Fendi bib worth $100 on an poor child also in 2008.
Vogue Italia always seemed a bit more enlightened than its sister publications.
Just three years ago, the magazine put out its first "all black" issue, to push for more diversity in fashion.
Franca Sozzani issued a formal apology for the controversially titled "Slave Earrings" feature.
"It is a matter of really bad translation from Italian into English," she explained. "The Italian word, which defines those kind of earrings, should instead be translated into 'ethnical style earrings'. Again, we are sorry about this mistake which we have just amended in the website."
If I'm not mistaken -- this style of earrings were not only worn in Africa -- but also in Rome, Greece and Native Americans wore hoops right here in America.
But even if that was the point, that the style came from Africa, why not call them "African" earrings.
I'm still SMH... what do you think?
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