The Color of Beauty Looks At Institutionalized Racism in The Fashion Industry
by Latoya Peterson
The Color of Beauty is a documentary film that follows aspiring top model Renee Thompson as she attempts to take on the New York Fashion industry. (A partial script is posted after the jump).
The ultimate conclusions will not be new to regular readers of Racialicious – most fashion houses express an explicit preference for “white faces,” features, and a certain type of frame. However, I wanted to focus in on one particular idea put forth by Justin Peery, fashion photographer:
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