One such person admitting to unconscious – possibly even conscious bias – earlier this week was Anna Wintour, editor of Vogue US, who admitted that Vogue had been “hurtful and intolerant” — and not done enough to promote black staff and designers. Recognizing it and doing something about it is overdue.”Well, at least Vogue US has black staff to apologise to, as opposed to the British Vogue pre- Edward Enninful. In 2019, a data journalism company The Pudding analysed the Vogue US covers of the last 19 years. Sadly, those calling out for diversity in Vogue US will in a few years’ time once again clamour for Vogue Africa again. If you find yourself falling into that trap, remind yourself:Africa is not a countryWe can do better than Vogue

Source: The Guardian June 13, 2020 04:07 UTC