So i recently received my latest issue of Vanity Fair Magazine and noticed that it was their annual Hollywood Issue. This issue shows all of this years greatest talent, just in time for the Oscars. It had the suspected people like Meryl Streep, Jim Cameron, Julianne Moore, and Quentin Tarantino. Looking more thoroughly, i noticed that there were barley any african american actors portrayed in this article. The only ones shown were the stars of “Precious”: director Lee Daniels and stars Mo’Nique and Gabourey Sidibe. Are they trying to send us a message? Is Vanity Fair trying to say that the only stars of the next decade are white? The cover shows three young, attractive, pale skinned women wearing blush pink colored clothing. I find it sad that a black actor cant be represented correctly and be pictured on the cover and there are a few i would have at least liked to see in the article: Zoe Saldana who strarred in Avatar and Star Trek, two of 2009′s most successful films. Or Anthony Mackie who gave an amazing performance in the Oscar nominated film the Hurt Locker. After all the years of discrimination, the african american actors can be in the issue but not on the cover? Are we even moving forward?
