links for 2009-09-08

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  1. Deaf Indian Muslim Anarchist wrote:

    I am very glad that Naomi Campbell, a hot-shot, well known household-name model is speaking out about racism and lack of WOC in the fashion world.

    It’s great she’s making good use of her name and fame.

  2. Lyonside wrote:

    I want to highly recommend the Inquirer article re: Mt. Airy – its my home neighborhood where I spent most of my childhood (my mom and sibs were raised 2 blocks away from West Mt. Airy, my dad currently lives there, and we have friends and relatives scattered around East and West Mt. Airy). And I never KNEW about these two women who fought to open up Mt. Airy.

    Even with the “white flight” that still plagues much of Philadelphia (And other urban centers), Mt. Airy takes a hella lot of pride in being diverse. It isn’t perfect (nothing is), and parts of it are having the same struggles as the rest of the city. But the area is both economically and ethnically diverse, everything from apartments and rowhomes to victorian mansions, all right next to each other. Oh, and unlike other parts of the city, it has multiple public transit options, and is still pretty affordable for first time homeowners and people looking for apartment houses.

  3. inkst wrote:

    @ Lyonside: thanks for pointing out that article. I was totally unaware that neighborhood existed, and it was a really moving story.

    And thanks to Racialicious for linking ;)

  4. m. wrote:

    Oh, Naomi Campbell; you are really one to run your mouth about “racism” when you literally JUST dressed up as an Indian princess a few weeks ago. Of course, “girl of color” = Black (and maybe sometimes Asian), so whatever. Either way, how many times has a model raised this complaint (in the meekest of voices) and then gone back to their career of challenging absolutely nothing? Please.
    My point is that this is nothing newsworthy or interesting. It’s fashion, if there’s going to be any mention of “racism” from a big name model’s mouth who does RUNWAY, then it should be about all the misappropriating designers do of “ethnic” dress and co-opting of “ethnic” looks for their shows. If we’re talking print, mention all the fucked up spreads with “ethnic” themes. As for the industry lacking anything? It’s DESIGNERS of color.