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25th February 2012

Link reblogged from Babblings of a Yardie Chick with 83 notes

TheNewAfrican: An unflattering portrait of a prevailing Latin American reality →

leotheyardiechick:

univisionnews:


Four Colombian women from a wealthy family in Cali posed for Spain’s ¡Hola! magazine. The picture has sparked an outrage in their homeland. (Screen capture: ¡Hola!)

By SANDRO MAIRATA
Channels: Latin American Affairs

To some, the picture above tells nothing new…

My major problem with this is that the black women are reduced to ethnic props for a choreographed photoshoot. I’ve never seen any other spread in Hello! or Hola!  where wealthy people were photographed with their household staff. Mind you, I’ve only read those magazines in doctor’s waiting rooms, but still; usually the focus is on the wealthy subjects, perhaps their pets, but rarely (if ever) do you see staff in the picture. This entire staging falls all too well in line with this piece by Sir Peter Lely.

My grouse has nothing to do with these women’s profession. Unfortunately, there are limited career opportunities for poor women of colour in the various hemispheres of the world, and being a maid is pretty damn good when one considers the alternatives. However, they still deserve basic human respect and dignity, and this…showcase robs them of that. >=(

wasn’t there a reverse of this by some Black Columbians

Source: univisionnews

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    wasn’t there a reverse of this by some Black Columbians
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    You know what’s crazy? I didn’t even see the maids at first glance. Someone in the article points out that the maids are...
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    My major problem with this is that the black women are reduced to ethnic props for a choreographed photoshoot. I’ve...
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    welp… I don’t exactly know that I feel the maids shouldn’t be there… which I assume would be the alternative. I don’t...
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    Cherokee Nation,...now I come across this mess. See, POC,
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    AM EXTREMELY PISSED OFF AT THIS!!! THIS IS FUCKING APPALLING! And...see it, just goes
  33. macolon2 reblogged this from rigo-padilla and added:
    Ah yes. When people get all surprised that fucked up shit still occurs in our world.