Too Dark for Cover
Tired from another day at the modern day plantation, I quickly took a seat on the Copenhagen-bound train. Staring up at me from the seat was today's MetroXpress, with the headline: Too Dark for the Cover.( click here for original article in Danish ) It continues, "Women magazines don't use dark models on the cover because it doesn't sell." According to the article, no Danish magazine has had a Black model gracing its cover in the past year. My first reaction was like, hello? Is this news? After all, we are in Denmark and Danish women want to see themselves on the cover and will quicker drop their money on the counter for something that validates their beauty than denies it (sounds familiar?) "We have never used Black girls on the cover of our magazines."(sheesh, the magazine seems to be berating me!) "If you look...at our readers, the majority is white. We have to reflect our readership. Why should I choose something that doesn't work?" Ex...