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]]> By: Is The Rage At ESSENCE Hiring A White Fashion Director Validated? « Glamazons Blog http://fashionbombdaily.com/2010/07/26/controversy-over-essence-magazines-new-white-fashion-director/comment-page-2/#comment-95885 Is The Rage At ESSENCE Hiring A White Fashion Director Validated? « Glamazons Blog Tue, 08 Feb 2011 19:05:09 +0000 http://fashionbombdaily.com/?p=37442#comment-95885 [...] years’ magazine experience at pubs such as O Magazine and US Weekly. According to a post on The Fashion Bomb, Michaela Davis (a former fashion director at ESSENCE) expressed feelings of hurt and [...] [...] years’ magazine experience at pubs such as O Magazine and US Weekly. According to a post on The Fashion Bomb, Michaela Davis (a former fashion director at ESSENCE) expressed feelings of hurt and [...]

]]> By: Former Fan of Essence http://fashionbombdaily.com/2010/07/26/controversy-over-essence-magazines-new-white-fashion-director/comment-page-2/#comment-82374 Former Fan of Essence Wed, 24 Nov 2010 00:51:05 +0000 http://fashionbombdaily.com/?p=37442#comment-82374 I have held my piece and tried to come up with a logical answer about the actions of Essence. Well, I can honestly say, that I will not purchase another issue of Essence Magazine. The one magazine, which displayed BLACK BEAUTY has now and will become watered down by what "White Society" thinks is nice. Hiring a white fashion editor is beyond conception! And yes, it HURTS!!! Its been good Essence, and I do not wish the best. I have held my piece and tried to come up with a logical answer about the actions of Essence. Well, I can honestly say, that I will not purchase another issue of Essence Magazine. The one magazine, which displayed BLACK BEAUTY has now and will become watered down by what “White Society” thinks is nice. Hiring a white fashion editor is beyond conception! And yes, it HURTS!!! Its been good Essence, and I do not wish the best.

]]> By: Angela Burt Murray Steps Down as Editor-in-Chief of Essence Magazine « The Fashion Bomb Blog /// All Urban Fashion… All the Time - All Urban Fashion // All the Time http://fashionbombdaily.com/2010/07/26/controversy-over-essence-magazines-new-white-fashion-director/comment-page-2/#comment-79281 Angela Burt Murray Steps Down as Editor-in-Chief of Essence Magazine « The Fashion Bomb Blog /// All Urban Fashion… All the Time - All Urban Fashion // All the Time Sat, 06 Nov 2010 17:55:02 +0000 http://fashionbombdaily.com/?p=37442#comment-79281 [...] Twitter was ablaze late last night and this morning with news that Editor-in-Chief of Essence Magazine Angela Burt Murray was leaving the publication after a five year run: Murray revamped and redesigned the brand during her reign, and launched the popular Essence Book Club and Hot Hair Magazines. Still, it seemed all her accomplishments were overshadowed when she incensed scores of readers by hiring Elliana Placas, a white woman, as fashion director of the magazine. [...] [...] Twitter was ablaze late last night and this morning with news that Editor-in-Chief of Essence Magazine Angela Burt Murray was leaving the publication after a five year run: Murray revamped and redesigned the brand during her reign, and launched the popular Essence Book Club and Hot Hair Magazines. Still, it seemed all her accomplishments were overshadowed when she incensed scores of readers by hiring Elliana Placas, a white woman, as fashion director of the magazine. [...]

]]> By: TheFashionistaChic http://fashionbombdaily.com/2010/07/26/controversy-over-essence-magazines-new-white-fashion-director/comment-page-2/#comment-72170 TheFashionistaChic Thu, 09 Sep 2010 05:57:34 +0000 http://fashionbombdaily.com/?p=37442#comment-72170 When I hear about this situation it makes me SICK to my stomach. I am a black women and I have extreme mixed emotions about Michaela Davis.I should premise by saying I have been a admirer of Michaela for several years now. But I have mixed emotions about her position on this situation. Essence not choosing someone of african decent leads me to believe that they chose the best candidate. If there was a black applicant as qualified or a right fit for the position why would they have chose otherwise. What upsets me the most is how this women must be made to feel. We as black people have been made to feel that way on many occasions. I am sorry it isn't ok. It isn't ok to discriminate against an individual based on race. I read repeated comments on how she is disgruntle about how we are not being represented. If we are not being represented its because enough of us aren't out there doing what needs to be done to be represented. I have worked in corporate america for 17 years. Trust me I was discriminated against, regularly. The problem is it wasn't enough of us out there who were educated and qualified to make a difference. So instead of waiting for the other man to do me a favor or treat me with respect I created my own. There is too much opportunity in America for us to spend our time complaining we should be celebrating opportunity and creating additional opportunity. When I hear about this situation it makes me SICK to my stomach. I am a black women and I have extreme mixed emotions about Michaela Davis.I should premise by saying I have been a admirer of Michaela for several years now. But I have mixed emotions about her position on this situation. Essence not choosing someone of african decent leads me to believe that they chose the best candidate. If there was a black applicant as qualified or a right fit for the position why would they have chose otherwise. What upsets me the most is how this women must be made to feel. We as black people have been made to feel that way on many occasions. I am sorry it isn’t ok. It isn’t ok to discriminate against an individual based on race. I read repeated comments on how she is disgruntle about how we are not being represented. If we are not being represented its because enough of us aren’t out there doing what needs to be done to be represented. I have worked in corporate america for 17 years. Trust me I was discriminated against, regularly. The problem is it wasn’t enough of us out there who were educated and qualified to make a difference. So instead of waiting for the other man to do me a favor or treat me with respect I created my own. There is too much opportunity in America for us to spend our time complaining we should be celebrating opportunity and creating additional opportunity.

]]> By: Antionette http://fashionbombdaily.com/2010/07/26/controversy-over-essence-magazines-new-white-fashion-director/comment-page-2/#comment-71871 Antionette Tue, 07 Sep 2010 03:14:43 +0000 http://fashionbombdaily.com/?p=37442#comment-71871 Like it or not, we still live in a very color conscious society. I'd been noticing for a while that a lot of the 'beauty' ads in Essence have started to feature less minority women and a lot more caucasians. I deal with them every single day. When I open my Essence, I want to be able to see people who look like me and understand my struggles. The truth is that I don't see anything attractive in a Dior spread with a pale, bleached blond staring back at me from my Essence magazine. None of us would ask a poor man with a scrap of bread to share the scrap. In the same vein, why ask black women to share one of the very few beauty and fashion publications by and for us with others? I think sometimes in our obsession to live in a color blind society or to be accepted by 'mainstream' society, we forget that there IS beauty in our own race and fail to celebrate it properly. Unfortunately, this move is another step in separating us from something of our own, something that celebrates who we are. We can't keep rap/hip hop. We can't keep our greek organizations, our step routines (!), we can't keep our hbcu's, and now we can't keep our magazines. When a magazine that caters to white women doesn't even have ONE ad showing a woman of color and doesn't employ one woman of color--that's okay, right? No bias or racism there, right? And I'm supposed to be okay when I'm asked to share another shread of a shrinking scrap of bread? I think not! Like it or not, we still live in a very color conscious society. I’d been noticing for a while that a lot of the ‘beauty’ ads in Essence have started to feature less minority women and a lot more caucasians. I deal with them every single day. When I open my Essence, I want to be able to see people who look like me and understand my struggles. The truth is that I don’t see anything attractive in a Dior spread with a pale, bleached blond staring back at me from my Essence magazine. None of us would ask a poor man with a scrap of bread to share the scrap. In the same vein, why ask black women to share one of the very few beauty and fashion publications by and for us with others? I think sometimes in our obsession to live in a color blind society or to be accepted by ‘mainstream’ society, we forget that there IS beauty in our own race and fail to celebrate it properly. Unfortunately, this move is another step in separating us from something of our own, something that celebrates who we are. We can’t keep rap/hip hop. We can’t keep our greek organizations, our step routines (!), we can’t keep our hbcu’s, and now we can’t keep our magazines. When a magazine that caters to white women doesn’t even have ONE ad showing a woman of color and doesn’t employ one woman of color–that’s okay, right? No bias or racism there, right? And I’m supposed to be okay when I’m asked to share another shread of a shrinking scrap of bread? I think not!

]]> By: Robin Givhan says Essence is No Longer Just About Black Women « The Fashion Bomb Blog /// All Urban Fashion… All the Time - All Urban Fashion // All the Time http://fashionbombdaily.com/2010/07/26/controversy-over-essence-magazines-new-white-fashion-director/comment-page-2/#comment-70032 Robin Givhan says Essence is No Longer Just About Black Women « The Fashion Bomb Blog /// All Urban Fashion… All the Time - All Urban Fashion // All the Time Fri, 20 Aug 2010 16:52:31 +0000 http://fashionbombdaily.com/?p=37442#comment-70032 [...] African-American fashion journalist Robin Givhan of the Washington Post offered her thoughts on Essence Magazine’s Ellianna Placas scandal today: In her article, she gives kudos to Essence for being inclusive, saying that black [...] [...] African-American fashion journalist Robin Givhan of the Washington Post offered her thoughts on Essence Magazine’s Ellianna Placas scandal today: In her article, she gives kudos to Essence for being inclusive, saying that black [...]

]]> By: Naomi, Liya, and Iman cover Essence’s September Fashion Issue « The Fashion Bomb Blog /// All Urban Fashion… All the Time - All Urban Fashion // All the Time http://fashionbombdaily.com/2010/07/26/controversy-over-essence-magazines-new-white-fashion-director/comment-page-2/#comment-68196 Naomi, Liya, and Iman cover Essence’s September Fashion Issue « The Fashion Bomb Blog /// All Urban Fashion… All the Time - All Urban Fashion // All the Time Thu, 05 Aug 2010 19:02:55 +0000 http://fashionbombdaily.com/?p=37442#comment-68196 [...] Fall Fashion Issue: The 40th Anniversary Issue will feature the first official fashion spreads by Essence’s controversial fashion director, Elliana Placas. Though it’s unknown if Elliana styled the cover, I’m sure the inside pages will [...] [...] Fall Fashion Issue: The 40th Anniversary Issue will feature the first official fashion spreads by Essence’s controversial fashion director, Elliana Placas. Though it’s unknown if Elliana styled the cover, I’m sure the inside pages will [...]

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