Iman Racism in modeling unacceptable

those are not a product okay so what it is is that I think that is what the whole intention of this action that we took upon ourselves is really about is to bring the public at large to understand of what's going on and the designers who might not even know what they're doing or what they're casting directors are doing to actually know what's going on well aman it's interesting you point that out because we've spoken to alice Temperley one of the designers that you've called out out of london and she said last season's casting decision was based on available models and says there just aren't enough models of color around that was her response when we went to her with this coalition letter Bethan respond no I I can understand how that might be true for her at that moment sometimes different seasons are different things and I do know that they're quite often I've heard designers say the model agencies don't send them to us and I do understand that so when we talk about the casting directors and the stylists I definitely have to also add that model agencies are in a sort of a tight position too because they're working critically and politically with casting directors and stylists they're they're sort of like cramped in and they want to send girls to a certain place and they're not they're not as many models of color as there are whites that's true but that's because the market hasn't bared once people start to feel that they can really show them and they've can sell them and they will actually get a results from them believe me there will be more but we have to sort of push this in order to get that to happen is it time to boycott these designees long getting on with this you know there are many people writing us in the support and saying you know you just have to stop using the breath that's their choice someone who feels strongly about something to choose to do what they feel best at for me I'm not sitting I say boycott designers where I'm trying to us educate designers that's my plan to educate to make you being responsible to think more about what you should be doing and less about let's follow what seems editorially proper we have to change that do you want to see appraised as a positive discrimination I somebody said to me the other day why should it matter what's on the runway I'll tell you why because to me there is a political underlining issues at race here the photography and runway is a really very powerful tool the absence of people of color on this and this on the runways or on photography just in reinforces that they are to our young girls that they are not beautiful enough that they are not acceptable enough that is my worry I have a 12 year old and I don't want to see because in the diversity that we live in the world that we live in is not what the runways are showing and that to me is the concern it's a bigger issue at large than just about runway and and models it has the increased use of Asian models contributed to this issue do you think designers using asian girls instead of black girls at this point there were more black models were used in the 70s and 80s then it's being used now and to me it is unacceptable I understand trust me I understand the business of it I'm a businesswoman so I understand I'm not telling a designer that if that work that girl does not need a place for your clothes for your runway for that particular season that you have to hire her that's not the issue but I don't want to ever ever hear again a young model telling me that they have said to her we are not seeing black models this season to meet that's offensive to me that's a racist remark

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Length: 3min 36sec (216 seconds)

Published: Tue Sep 17 2013