1. 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? Do you agree or disagree with those critiques?
- People were bringing in the comparison of the photo to old WW1 propoganda that showed a ravaged ape having a white women in his arms dangling, the poster said, "enlist to defeat the mad brute".
- I do not believe that this was the intention of Vogue magazine but rather a strange coincidence that happened. The picture was supposed to show that Lebron played fiercely on the court and all of the pictures depicted athletes along with white supermodels through out the magazine.
2. What was the "Beijing Backdown," as Guerrero (2010) refereed to it?
- Lebron James and Kobe Bryant vowed to speak out about the crisis in Darfur and China's role in it before the Olympic. Kobe even was involved in a commercial about the incident. When it came time to speak out and say something while in Beijing, the two backed down and decided to tell everyone that they will let politicians handle it the best way they knew how and basically left the matter alone.
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