One black model is enough
Chanel Iman is a young, beautiful, and successful model, you’ve probably seen her on magazine covers or Victoria Secret runway. Unfortunately, she still faces some racial set backs in her career. Recently in an interview she admitted that designers haven’t hired her because they already had “one of her kind” on the runway. It’s not too hard to believe, with the recent fashion week runways being labeled as “white outs” and Iman herself only being the third African American model to appear on the cover of American Vogue, racial discrimination…
Muslim Models make a statement at NY Fashion Week
While covering New York Fashion Week, ABC News did a piece on a Muslim designer and modeling agency founder Nailah Lymus. Through her agency, UnderWraps, Nailha looked for strong, confident woman who could show the world that they can be fashionable and honor their beliefs at the same time. There are a few guidelines they must follow however, all models are to be covered except for their hands, face, and feet, while their hair is to be kept in the beautiful headwraps designed by Nailha. In a world where less…
The 20 Most Influential Black American Leaders of All Time
“A genuine leader is not a searcher for consensus but a molder of consensus.” That statement comes from the brilliant Martin Luther King, Jr., inarguably a man way before his time. Like so many great African America leaders, fighting for the rights that were second nature to those that enslaved them. Reading the stories of these remarkable people has been so inspiring and eye-opening. If you would like to learn even more about the uprising of the black power movement, I highly suggest that you watch the movie The Black…
Black History Month: “I Have A Dream”
Martin Luther King’s “I Have A Dream” speech is one of the most amazing, inspiration and well-known speeches of all time. This speech was delivered on August 26th, 1963 at the Lincoln Memorial, Washington D.C. For Black History Month, we felt it was really important to share this speech with you (courtesy of ABC News). And don’t forget to check out our free Black History Issue! I am happy to join with you today in what will go down in history as the greatest demonstration for freedom in the history…
Only white nurses can take care of newborn
A couple in Michigan refused to allow African American nurses take care of their newborn baby, according to an article by USA Today. Tonya Battle, the nurse on duty, found a note attached to the assignment sheet that read “No African American nurse to take care of baby.” Battle said she was floored by the note and in disbelief by the discrimination. It is said that the father of the newborn who made the request had a swastika tattoo on his forearm. I feel that the parents are terrible people…
