Pakistani designer Aamna Aqeel is the latest designer to receive criticism for her recent photo spread in Diva Magazine titled (and you won't believe this) "Be My Slave." The spread shows a model in different clothes and poses with a little boy of color (race unknown) in each. Each picture stings more than the last.
Aqeel maintains that there is no intended racism. How that is true is beyond comprehension as the pictures help to define racism at its disgusting core. The designer even went on to say the boy in the photos worked in a garage and wanted work. The point of the shoot, according to Aqeel, is to place more attention on child labor.
THIS blogger has a hard time believing that. I can hardly gather my thoughts to express the inner sadness, rage, disgust, and just how much my hands are shaking. But hey, who am I to criticize someone's art, right? I mean slavery is super cute. (smh)
See yourself and leave a comment.
[Source:
The Huffington Post]