Black women, in particular, have historically been portrayed as sexual objects to justify slavery, rape, sexual abuse and denial of respect and opportunity.
The public display of Black female sexuality is still prevalent today; instead of taking place in the museums, it is happening everyday on our fashion spreads or advertisements.
Black models who are featured in advertisements usually portrayed in ways that emphasize their "other-ness." In many cases, black models are in a theme about white clothing or bold color templates. Other times, they are dressed in exotic attire or photographed in jungle of a desert. Black women's exuality has been portryaed as aggressive.
In one attached photogrpah, the black woman is leashed. Her hair is short like men's; it represents her loss of identity as a woman rather a sex object. She poses like dog.
In another photograph, a black woman looks wild like an animal. There is an warning attached to a cage:Do not feed the animal. There is also a chunk of meat beside her.
In the other three photos, all black women are almost naked while white models are not.
This clearly shows racism in fashion industry.
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