Diversity

BY: ANAHI VALENCIA TRELLES

There is a problem occurring in the
fashion/modeling world…
Does this quote from Bethann Hardison
help you infer what the problem
occurring in fashion/modeling agencies
is?
The three main problems in the
fashion/modeling agencies that we will be
discussing today.

Blackface

Women of color =
harder time getting
hired

Insensitive
What is blackface?

Blackface is “ A
form of
theatrical make-
up used
predominantly
by non-black
performers to
represent a
caricature of a
black person. It
is and has been
considered a
racially
insensitive
representation
of blackness by
the African
American
community.”
 Gigi Hadid Incident

Blackface how?
On May 3rd 2018, Later the article  Gigi’s blond hair is
hidden with a wig,
Eliza Brooke titled “Gigi her skin is
Hadid’s Vogue So why not just
brought attention to significantly more
Italia Cover Sure bronzed than usual, cast a model of
Gigi Hadid’s
Looks a Lot Like and the lower half of that ethnicity?
Italian Vogue her face seems to be
Covers. Blackface.” stretched out. Gigi’s
only recognizable
feature is her
eyebrows.
Gigi’s apology.
Women of color have a harder time getting
hired.
  Less than 25 percent Agencies tend to use
of the models cast in models like Naomi
the Autumn (Fall) Campbell to argue
fashion month were that they do hire
models of color. women of color.

 But while Naomi

has often been the
“Women of color star of the show, a
can be used for good amount of the
cultural trends.” time she is also
often the only
woman of color on
the catwalk. 
 Insensitive how?
#DevonWindsor


Devon After watching

Windsor, the video, did
confidently you find
compared her Devon’s
having to get remarks
highlights insensitive
every month as offensive? Why
an equivalent or why not?
struggle to an
entire history
of black
suffrage
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How did I make this presentation
better than before?
 I decided to include this slide to mention what I
changed, and the reason behind why I changed it.
 SMARTART: Although, I have never used
this tool before, it was a good tool to play
Note: While my powerpoint
around with. It is also a good visual aid aside
doesn’t have much
from the pictures. information on it, I have an
 ORDER & FLOW: Unlike the old version of entire outline of information
this presentation, I placed the slides in the that I would address for
each slide. I just didn’t
order I would be addressing each
include all of that
point/problem. This makes things less information on here, so my
confusing, and easier to follow/comprehend. students wouldn’t feel
 SIMPLE/RELEVANT: In the last overwhelmed or compelled
to write it all down. I want
presentation I didn’t include a single word. I
them to listen to what I
found this made it harder for me to remember have to say, not be 
what I was actually talking about. So I added occupied writing. 
more information, but was careful not to over
load it.
 SUPPLIMENTAL RESOURCE: Handout
worksheet that allowed for breaks and more
in depth thinking/small group discussions.