Extra Credit Study Guide Greg Gantt

What are some of the critiques of LeBron and Giselle’s photo on the cover of Vogue, especially in light of LeBron being the first African American man to be featured on that cover? In reality it was a signifying debacle; he appeared with a hulking, raging visage, grabbing onto the lithe, smiling, and white figure of supermodel Gisele Biindchen, a la King Kong clutching Fay Wray. The photograph controversy lies in that why is the first ever African-American male to be featured on the cover reflectng a stereotype. The photographer says the picture was not meant to upset but I feel that she is controversial and because she is well known it is okay for her to portray sterotypes because she is an "artist."