Should white women grace the cover of black magazines?
CNN’s Don Lemon and a panel discuss actress Jada Pinkett Smith’s Facebook post on race, women and magazine covers.
Jada wrote:
I also want to make it clear that there is no finger pointing here. I pose this question with the hope that it opens a discussion about how we can build a community for women based upon us all taking a deeper interest in one another. An interest where skin color, culture, and social class does not create barriers in sharing the commonality of being … women.
With love and respect to all parties involved, my question is this … if we ask our white sisters, who tend to be the guardians of the covers of mainstream magazines, to consider women of color to grace these covers, should we not offer the same consideration to white women to grace our covers? Should women extend their power to other women simply because they are women? To my women of color, I am clear we must have something of our own, but is it possible to share in the spirit in which we ask our white sisters to share with us? I don’t know the answer and would love to hear your thoughts.
Here’s what Don Lemon and his panel had to say about Jada’s post below.
ANY THOUGHTS? WHAT DO YOU THINK?
