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Fashion
Are Fashion Magazines Racist? 18 Oct 2007
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Fashion magazines are accused of sidelining black models.

Designer Vivienne Westwood says too few of the big glossies are prepared to feature black models on their covers. But should there be a quota on the number of black and ethnic-minority models who feature on the front pages?

Miriam is joined by model, Jasmia Robinson & Maya Schulz, managing director at Acclaim Model Agency and by author Linda Kelsey, a former editor of Cosmopolitan and SHE magazines to ask if fashion magazines are colour blind.
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