“America’s Top Model” Uses Blackface in Bi-Racial Portrayals

Tyra Banks and America’s Top Model are taking hits for having the models portrayed as bi-racial and using blackface. Tyra told bleached-blond Erin Wagner she was going to be “Tibetan, like the Dali Lama, and Egyptian”; Southern belle Laura Kirkpatrick was put into makeup to look “Mexican and Greek”; Jennifer An, who is Korean, was … Continue reading “America’s Top Model” Uses Blackface in Bi-Racial Portrayals