"Black is beautiful." is a phrase coined by John Sweat Rock in 1858. Steve Biko helped resurrect the words during his struggle against apartheid in South Africa and American blacks adopted the slogan for their liberation movement in the 60s and 70s, however judging from the lack of black models during New York's Fashion week any dedicated follower of fashion would have to recognize that the world's leading fashion houses are far from color blind when the choice comes to white or black.
I take the C train from Lafayette Street in Brooklyn. I see beautiful sisters every day. Some of them skinny as the runway models. Their faces holding the beauty of Egyptian statues. If I weren't so old, I'd hit on them. Designers blame agents and agents blame fashion editors for this Jim Crow throwback.
"We're just following orders."
Fashion Nazis.
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