And im not saying that a women should get it becuase of color but you mean to tell me the criteria you set to choose a women only women that fit the profile are white......come on
Um, that just confused me even more, lol. And I said nothing of the sort - I believe you put those words in my mouth.
The whole race and gender thing came up when I joined the Army, too. To get rank as an NCO, you have to submit a photo and profile - why should that even matter if they are looking at leadership skills? Because they HAVE to choose so many women, so many blacks, so many hispanics, etc. It doesn't matter if there are 50 white males who've qualified for a position, they will get the shaft so the Army can meet their race and gender quota. My point is, our society has tried so hard not to be race-biased, that often times less qualified personnel get a job over the highly-qualified and rightfully-deserving applicant. (It's simple mathematics that if you have 10 "X" applicants and 60 "Y" applicants, a "Y" will more than likely get picked.)
There have been many successful models, politicians, celebrities, etc of EVERY race, and many of the most talented have been black, hispanic, or for lack of a better term, "non-white."
And about the names I listed, there is a layout on flexonline.com right now with Lisa and Stacy. (OT, I know why Lisa retired, but what's that have to do with this topic?) And you failed to comment on Alicia Denson, who is in every mag almost every month, and just got an Oxygen cover this month. A few months before that, Mocha Lee graced Oxygen's cover. I also just remembered that Alexis Ellis just had a spread in IronMan not too long ago. Tanji Johnson also had a spread in one of the Flex lingerie/swimsuit issues earlier this year.
And finally, you or I will never know how often certain women are/aren't approached. You or I will never know "how hard" anybody markets themselves. Some people get lucky breaks because they "have a certain look" and if that isn't subjective, I don't know what is. Some people just use racism to start arguments where racism was never even an issue.
I'm white, I'm trying to get into the mags... maybe I don't have "the look." But since I'm white, and mostly white women grace the mags, I can't use racism as a reason why I haven't gotten in the mags yet. Maybe it's because I'm blonde, or a redhead, or because I have implants? You see where I'm going with this, how ridiculous it can sound and how out of hand it can get? If you allow yourself, you can come up with a million and one reasons why black women aren't in the fitness mags, and racism is the best argument, which is probably why it comes up so often.
If you and other men want to see other women as eye candy in the mags, then you should speak up and write the editors. They won't make a change if they don't see a problem. So get your butt out there and send your emails to the editors, and get other guys to do the same. Fight for what you want to see, and hopefully you'll get it.
